Original Project
Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation
Item EG007002: The motion energy of an object depends on the speed and mass of the object.
The motion energy (kinetic energy) of an object depends on which of the following?
- Both the mass and the speed of the object
- The mass of the object but not the speed of the object
- The speed of the object but not the mass of the object
- Neither the mass nor the speed of the object
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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| n = 3087 |
6–8 n = 1923 |
9–12 n = 1153 |
Male n = 1497 |
Female n = 1535 |
English n = 2716 |
Other n = 301 |
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| A. | Both the mass and the speed of the object | 57% | 55% | 60% | 57% | 57% | 58% | 47% |
| B. | The mass of the object but not the speed of the object | 17% | 17% | 16% | 16% | 17% | 16% | 20% |
| C. | The speed of the object but not the mass of the object | 17% | 18% | 16% | 18% | 16% | 17% | 16% |
| D. | Neither the mass nor the speed of the object | 9% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 17% |