Science Assessment ~ Topics ~ Substances, Chemical Reactions, and Conservation of Matter ~ Misconception SCM021

After a chemical reaction, the product is a mixture in which the old substances persist, and is not a new substance (Johnson, 2000b; Solomonidou & Stavridou, 2000).

Items that test for misconception SCM021 in this project (THSB) and key idea (When substances interact to form ne…)
Item ID Number	Item Description	How Often the Misconception was Chosen	Select This Item for My Item Bank
SB004003	After a chemical reaction occurs, some of the atoms are connected to different atoms than they were in the starting molecules. (This item uses circles to represent atoms.)	5%