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Item EG012003: A ball has more motion energy than a person when the ball is moving and the person is not moving.

A girl is sitting in a chair and throws a ball. After she throws the ball, she sits still while she watches the ball move through the air. While the ball is moving through the air, does the girl or the ball have more kinetic energy (motion energy) and why?

  1. The girl has more kinetic energy because she is alive, and the ball is not.
  2. The girl has more kinetic energy because she weighs more than the ball.
  3. The ball has more kinetic energy because it is moving, and the girl is not.
  4. The ball has more kinetic energy because it is higher off the ground than the girl.
Distribution of Responses
Chart showing distrubtion of responses for Item 012003
Scale Score for Item Difficulty
(200[Easy]-800[Difficult])
453
Students Responding Correctly
Group Correct Total Percent
Overall 898 1346 67%
Grades
  4–517523475%
  6–8 342 565 61%
  9–12 381 547 70%
Gender
  Male40762865%
  Female46368368%
Primary Language
  English791117168%
  Other7313454%

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