ASPECt
Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation
Item RG052003: The more a rubber band is stretched the more energy it has.
A girl and a boy find two rubber bands that are exactly the same. They each stretch a rubber band between their fingers. The girl stretches her rubber band as far as she can without breaking it. The boy stretches his rubber band a little less than the girl.
After the rubber bands are stretched, which one has more energy and why?
- The girl’s rubber band has more energy because it is stretched more than the boy’s rubber band.
- The boy’s rubber band has more energy because it can still be stretched farther, but the girl’s rubber band is stretched as far as it can go.
- Both rubber bands have the same amount of energy because the amount of energy a rubber band has is not related to how much it is stretched.
- Neither one of the rubber bands has any energy because the rubber bands are not moving.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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| n = 3693 |
4–5 n = 761 | 6–8 n = 1497 |
9–12 n = 1435 |
Male n = 1719 |
Female n = 1866 |
English n = 3306 |
Other n = 270 |
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| A. | The girl’s rubber band has more energy because it is stretched more than the boy’s rubber band. | 66% | 66% | 67% | 64% | 66% | 65% | 66% | 60% |
| B. | The boy’s rubber band has more energy because it can still be stretched farther, but the girl’s rubber band is stretched as far as it can go. | 15% | 16% | 15% | 15% | 15% | 15% | 15% | 18% |
| C. | Both rubber bands have the same amount of energy because the amount of energy a rubber band has is not related to how much it is stretched. | 12% | 11% | 11% | 14% | 12% | 12% | 12% | 12% |
| D. | Neither one of the rubber bands has any energy because the rubber bands are not moving. | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 10% |