Science Assessment ~ Topics ~ Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation ~ Misconception RGM047

Energy is not transferred by sound. Sound is not related to energy.

Items that test for misconception RGM047 in this project (ASPECt) and key idea ()
Item ID Number	Item Description	How Often the Misconception was Chosen
RG190001	Energy is transferred when warmer air moves from one place to another and when a person listens to music on a radio.	48%
RG027004	Even though a person’s ear won’t feel any different while listening to music, sound does transfer a small amount of energy to the person’s ear, which makes parts of the ear vibrate.	23%
RG069003	Energy is transferred from a person to a triangle as the person hits it, and then energy is transferred away from the triangle by sound after the person stops hitting it.	18%
RG038003	The distance between the molecules that make up the matter and how far they are displaced by the sound affect how much energy can be transferred by sound.	15%
RG195001	Sound transfers energy from a sender to an object by a series of molecular collisions, but the molecules do not travel from the sender to the object.	14%
RG039003	Sound transfers energy through matter as the molecules that make up the matter collide with one another.	13%
RG040003	When a tuning fork slows down and eventually stops vibrating, some of the energy is transferred to the surrounding air.	11%
RG024003	Any sound made by a guitar can cause the air in a room to vibrate, and these vibrations transfer energy from the guitar to a person's ear.	6%