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Item NG050004: Motion energy, not a force, is transferred when one marble hits another one.

Two students are playing a game with marbles.  A black marble is rolled and hits a white marble.  When the two marbles hit each other, the black marble stops rolling and the white marble starts rolling.

What happens as the white marble starts rolling and the black marble stops rolling?

  1. A force is transferred from the black marble to the white marble.
  2. Energy is transferred from the black marble to the white marble.
  3. Both a force and energy are transferred from the black marble to the white marble.
  4. Neither a force nor energy is transferred from the black marble to the white marble.
Distribution of Responses
Chart showing distrubtion of responses for Item 050004
Scale Score for Item Difficulty
(200[Easy]-800[Difficult])
536
Students Responding Correctly
Group Correct Total Percent
Overall 440 1857 24%
Grades
  4–58333425%
  6–8 188 790 24%
  9–12 169 733 23%
Gender
  Male23092425%
  Female20289822%
Primary Language
  English388163924%
  Other4116924%

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