ASPECt
Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation
Item EG069002: For two boxes that have the same amount of gravitational potential energy, the box that is on the lower shelf weighs more.
Box 1 is on a lower shelf than Box 2, but Box 1 has the same gravitational potential energy as Box 2.
Does Box 1 weigh more than, less than, or the same as Box 2?
- Box 1 weighs more than Box 2.
- Box 1 weighs less than Box 2.
- Box 1 weighs the same as Box 2.
- More information is needed to compare the weights of the boxes.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 1516 |
4–5 n = 0 | 6–8 n = 853 |
9–12 n = 663 |
Male n = 735 |
Female n = 762 |
English n = 1375 |
Other n = 107 |
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| A. | 26% | N/A | 21% | 33% | 29% | 22% | 26% | 22% |
| B. | 18% | N/A | 20% | 16% | 18% | 18% | 18% | 20% |
| C. | 28% | N/A | 30% | 25% | 28% | 28% | 27% | 33% |
| D. | 28% | N/A | 30% | 27% | 26% | 31% | 29% | 25% |