Item EG086001: 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 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 |
Language |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6–8 | 9–12 | Male | Female | Primary Language is English | Primary Language is not English | |||
| A. | Both how much the object is compressed and how difficult it is to compress it | 46% | 41% | 52% | 44% | 48% | 47% | 39% |
| B. | How much the object is compressed but not how difficult it is to compress it | 25% | 27% | 24% | 25% | 26% | 25% | 27% |
| C. | How difficult it is to compress the object but not how much the object is compressed | 18% | 21% | 15% | 20% | 16% | 18% | 20% |
| D. | Neither how much the object is compressed nor how difficult it is to compress it | 11% | 11% | 10% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 13% |