ASPECt
Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation
Item EG036005: The elastic energy of an object that is being stretched depends on how much the object is stretched and how difficult it is to stretch it.
The elastic potential energy of an object that is being stretched depends on which of the following?
- Both how much the object is stretched and how difficult it is to stretch it
- How much the object is stretched but not how difficult it is to stretch it
- How difficult it is to stretch the object but not how much the object is stretched
- Neither how much the object is stretched nor how difficult it is to stretch it
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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| n = 3539 |
4–5 n = 713 | 6–8 n = 1483 |
9–12 n = 1343 |
Male n = 1562 |
Female n = 1863 |
English n = 3151 |
Other n = 267 |
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| A. | Both how much the object is stretched and how difficult it is to stretch it | 48% | 39% | 47% | 55% | 48% | 48% | 49% | 42% |
| B. | How much the object is stretched but not how difficult it is to stretch it | 24% | 28% | 25% | 21% | 24% | 24% | 24% | 28% |
| C. | How difficult it is to stretch the object but not how much the object is stretched | 18% | 22% | 19% | 16% | 18% | 19% | 18% | 22% |
| D. | Neither how much the object is stretched nor how difficult it is to stretch it | 9% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 9% | 10% | 7% |