Science Assessment ~ Topics ~ Energy in Biology ~ Misconception EBM006

Energy is released when chemical bonds break (Ross, 1993; Ayyildiz & Tarhan, 2012).

Items that test for misconception EBM006 in this project (MEGA) and key idea (Cellular respiration is a chemical …)
Item ID Number	Item Description	How Often the Misconception was Chosen	Select This Item for My Item Bank
EB025002	The amount of energy required to separate atoms of the reactants of cellular respiration is less than the amount of energy released as atoms connect to form products.	50%

Items that test for misconception EBM006 in this project (MEGA) and other key ideas
EB018002	The energy required to separate atoms of the reactants of photosynthesis is greater than the amount of energy released when products form.	48%