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Item WE052001: A very strong wind can both break and move a rock the size of a baseball.

Can wind ever be strong enough to break and move a rock the size of a baseball?

  1. A very strong wind can break a rock the size of a baseball but cannot move one.
  2. A very strong wind can move a rock the size of a baseball but cannot break one.
  3. A very strong wind can both break and can move a rock the size of a baseball.
  4. Wind can never be strong enough to break or move a rock the size of a baseball.
Distribution of Responses
Chart showing distrubtion of responses for Item WE052001
Students Responding Correctly
Group Correct Total Percent
Overall 1036 2521 41%
Grades
  6–8 606 1523 40%
  9–12 425 988 43%
Gender
  Male520122243%
  Female502125540%
Primary Language
  English930222342%
  Other7922635%

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Disciplinary Core Ideas
ESS2.A Wind and water can change the shape of the land.
Notes
NGSS Performance Expectation MS-ESS2-2: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth's surface at varying time and spatial scales.