ASPECt
Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation
Item EG086002: The elastic energy of an object that is being compressed depends on how much the object is compressed and how difficult it is to compress it.
The elastic potential energy of an object that is being compressed depends on which of the following?
- Both how much the object is compressed and how difficult it is to compress it
- How much the object is compressed but not how difficult it is to compress it
- How difficult it is to compress the object but not how much the object is compressed
- Neither how much the object is compressed nor how difficult it is to compress it
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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| n = 1344 |
4–5 n = 233 | 6–8 n = 563 |
9–12 n = 548 |
Male n = 631 |
Female n = 677 |
English n = 1164 |
Other n = 136 |
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| A. | Both how much the object is compressed and how difficult it is to compress it | 47% | 45% | 39% | 55% | 46% | 48% | 47% | 41% |
| B. | How much the object is compressed but not how difficult it is to compress it | 26% | 33% | 26% | 22% | 24% | 27% | 25% | 31% |
| C. | How difficult it is to compress the object but not how much the object is compressed | 18% | 12% | 22% | 16% | 20% | 16% | 18% | 20% |
| D. | Neither how much the object is compressed nor how difficult it is to compress it | 10% | 10% | 13% | 7% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 8% |