| Easthampton - GRADE HS INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS |
| ITEM INFORMATION | | PERCENT OF DISTRICT'S POSSIBLE POINTS |
| ITEM | TYPE | REPORTING CATEGORY | STANDARD | ITEM DESC | | POSSIBLE POINTS | EASTHAMPTON | STATE | DISTRICT-STATE DIFFERENCE |
| 1 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.10 | Analyze a speed vs. time graph for an object to determine the position of the object at different times. | | 1 | 91% | 86% | 5 |
| 2 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.4 | Compare the electric forces between two pairs of charges. | | 1 | 73% | 62% | 11 |
| 3 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.9 | Determine which change to a circuit would reduce the total current in the circuit by half. | | 1 | 73% | 66% | 7 |
| 4 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.1 | Analyze a speed vs. time graph for an object and identify the free-body force diagram that represents the forces acting on the object. | | 1 | 64% | 47% | 17 |
| 5 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.2 | Calculate the final momentum of an object that is accelerated from rest. | | 1 | 82% | 72% | 10 |
| 6 | SR | EN | HS.PHY.3.5 | Describe how the energy between two charged objects changes when one of the objects moves and determine which model represents an electric field around two charged objects. | | 2 | 41% | 41% | 0 |
| 7 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.5 | Identify that an electric current produces a magnetic field, based on evidence from an investigation. | | 1 | 73% | 60% | 13 |
| 8 | SR | EN | HS.PHY.3.3 | Calculate the efficiency of a device. | | 1 | 55% | 52% | 3 |
| 9 | SR | WA | HS.PHY.4.5 | Interpret a diagram of light passing from air into glass and describe the angle of refraction. | | 1 | 55% | 61% | -6 |
| 10 | SR | WA | HS.PHY.4.1 | Explain why some particles of light have more energy than other particles of light. | | 1 | 55% | 63% | -8 |
| 11 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.9 | Calculate the current in a series circuit with multiple resistors. | | 1 | 64% | 65% | -1 |
| 12 | SR | EN | HS.PHY.3.1 | Describe how the energy of an object changes as it falls. | | 1 | 91% | 68% | 23 |
| 13 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.10 | Complete a model to show the magnitudes of a force acting on an object during multiple trials of an investigation. | | 1 | 91% | 80% | 11 |
| 14 | SR | EN | HS.PHY.3.1 | Calculate the kinetic energy of an object. | | 1 | 64% | 61% | 3 |
| 15 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.10 | Identify the free-body force diagram for an accelerating object and describe how the speed of the object changes as it accelerates. | | 2 | 86% | 71% | 15 |
| 16 | CR | MF | HS.PHY.2.1 | Calculate an object's acceleration, describe how changing the distance over which a force is applied to the object affects its velocity, and describe one way to change the object's acceleration. | | 3 | 55% | 46% | 9 |
| 17 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.3 | Calculate the change in momentum of an object. | | 1 | 91% | 71% | 20 |
| 18 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.4 | Describe a change to a pair of charges that would increase the distance between them. | | 1 | 82% | 66% | 16 |
| 19 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.1 | Determine which velocity vs. time graph represents the motion of an object with zero net force acting on it. | | 1 | 91% | 74% | 17 |
| 20 | CR | EN | HS.PHY.3.1 | Interpret a diagram to determine where an object has its greatest amount of gravitational potential energy (GPE), calculate the object's GPE, compare the object's kinetic energy (KE) at two positions, and determine the object's position when its KE and GPE are equal. | | 4 | 61% | 53% | 8 |
| 21 | CR | WA | HS.PHY.4.1 | Calculate the speed of a sound wave and compare the characteristics of mechanical and electromagnetic waves. | | 4 | 45% | 34% | 11 |
| 22 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.10 | Interpret a velocity vs. time graph to determine the distance a car travels. | | 1 | 100% | 83% | 17 |
| 23 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.1 | Using a model of the horizontal forces acting on an object, calculate the velocity of the object. | | 1 | 82% | 70% | 12 |
| 24 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.2 | Describe how the momentum of a system is affected by a collision. | | 1 | 73% | 46% | 27 |
| 25 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.10 | Interpret a position vs. time graph to determine when a person was farthest from the starting position and to identify the time interval when the person had the greatest speed. | | 2 | 68% | 63% | 5 |
| 26 | SR | WA | HS.PHY.4.1 | Calculate the frequency of a wave. | | 1 | 73% | 74% | -1 |
| 27 | SR | EN | HS.PHY.1.8 | Describe how the mass and energy of a nucleus change during a radioactive decay process. | | 1 | 100% | 81% | 19 |
| 28 | SR | WA | HS.PHY.4.5 | Interpret a model of two wave pulses to determine the resulting destructive interference model. | | 1 | 27% | 33% | -6 |
| 29 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.4 | Interpret a data table to determine which pair of objects has the greatest gravitational attraction between them. | | 1 | 100% | 56% | 44 |
| 30 | SR | WA | HS.PHY.4.1 | Interpret a graph of the speed of sound in three media to determine which medium is a solid, which is a liquid, and which is a gas. | | 1 | 55% | 47% | 8 |
| 31 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.2 | Complete a model to show the velocities of two spheres after a collision. | | 1 | 73% | 46% | 27 |
| 32 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.3 | Describe how extending the time interval over which a force acts on an object during a collision reduces the impact of the collision. | | 1 | 64% | 41% | 23 |
| 33 | SR | EN | HS.PHY.3.4 | Interpret a temperature vs. time graph for two objects in thermal contact to determine when the objects reached thermal equilibrium. | | 1 | 91% | 87% | 4 |
| 34 | SR | EN | HS.PHY.3.4 | Determine the observation that best supports a student's prediction about the direction of thermal energy transfer. | | 1 | 64% | 61% | 3 |
| 35 | SR | EN | HS.PHY.3.4 | Calculate the final temperature of an object after thermal energy is added. | | 1 | 64% | 35% | 29 |
| 36 | SR | EN | HS.PHY.3.4 | Calculate the amount of thermal energy transferred to a liquid and determine how the temperature change of the liquid would have been different if the mass of the liquid was greater. | | 2 | 68% | 49% | 19 |
| 37 | CR | EN | HS.PHY.3.2 | Describe how the average molecular motion of molecules changed in two containers, use data to support a claim that energy was conserved, and explain why the average molecular motion of molecules was the same when thermal equilibrium was reached. | | 3 | 76% | 52% | 24 |
| 38 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.5 | Explain why a magnetic field is present near a wire. | | 1 | 55% | 57% | -2 |
| 39 | SR | WA | HS.PHY.4.1 | Determine the additional information needed to calculate the wavelength of a sound. | | 1 | 64% | 61% | 3 |
| 40 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.9 | Calculate the voltage of the battery in a series circuit. | | 1 | 100% | 78% | 22 |
| 41 | SR | WA | HS.PHY.4.5 | Identify the wave behavior used by a device and explain how the wave produced by the device could be changed to be effective in a new situation. | | 2 | 50% | 57% | -7 |
| 42 | CR | MF | HS.PHY.2.9 | Identify a circuit component and describe its function, calculate the total resistance of a circuit, compare the current through two resistors, and calculate the voltage drop across a resistor. | | 4 | 41% | 42% | -1 |
