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A student compresses a spring.

How does the elastic potential energy of the spring change when the student compresses it?

  1. The elastic potential energy of the spring increases when the student compresses it.
  2. The elastic potential energy of the spring decreases when the student compresses it.
  3. The elastic potential energy of the spring does not change when the student compresses it.
  4. More information is needed to tell how the elastic potential energy changes.
Distribution of Responses
Chart showing distrubtion of responses for Item EG035005
Scale Score for Item Difficulty
(200[Easy]-800[Difficult])
468
Students Responding Correctly
Group Correct Total Percent
Overall 1186 1976 60%
Grades
  4–521239554%
  6–8 472 793 60%
  9–12 502 788 64%
Gender
  Male58397560%
  Female58396560%
Primary Language
  English1083178961%
  Other7914355%

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