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| Pittsfield - GRADE HS INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS |
| ITEM INFORMATION | | PERCENT OF DISTRICT'S POSSIBLE POINTS |
| ITEM | TYPE | REPORTING CATEGORY | STANDARD | ITEM DESC | | POSSIBLE POINTS | PITTSFIELD | STATE | DISTRICT-STATE DIFFERENCE |
| 1 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.9 | Describe how increasing the voltage of a battery in a series circuit affects the current through the circuit. | | 1 | 66% | 73% | -7 |
| 2 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.10 | Analyze a velocity vs. time graph to determine which free-body force diagram represents the forces acting on an object during each time interval of the graph. | | 1 | 59% | 66% | -7 |
| 3 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.2 | Determine the steps a student should take to calculate the final momentum of a system of two colliding objects. | | 1 | 47% | 64% | -17 |
| 4 | SR | WA | HS.PHY.4.5 | Determine which model represents two waves that will cancel each other out when they interact. | | 1 | 62% | 62% | 0 |
| 5 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.5 | Explain why a disc that stores information in magnetic fields could be damaged by a nearby wire that carries a current. | | 1 | 53% | 56% | -3 |
| 6 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.4 | Analyze the effects of distance and mass on gravitational force to determine which pairs of objects have the same gravitational forces acting on them. | | 1 | 42% | 62% | -20 |
| 7 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.9 | Determine the resistor in a series circuit that has the greatest voltage drop across it and calculate the current through the circuit. | | 2 | 41% | 46% | -5 |
| 8 | SR | EN | HS.PHY.3.3 | Describe an energy conversion that takes place within a system. | | 1 | 61% | 69% | -8 |
| 9 | SR | EN | HS.PHY.3.5 | Interpret magnetic field lines to determine the orientation of a magnet. | | 1 | 62% | 66% | -4 |
| 10 | SR | WA | HS.PHY.4.5 | Identify whether light traveling from air into a glass lens changes given characteristics of light, and determine the model that shows how light travels from air into the glass lens. | | 2 | 34% | 43% | -9 |
| 11 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.10 | Identify a situation that two free-body force diagrams could represent. | | 1 | 49% | 56% | -7 |
| 12 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.4 | Calculate the magnitude of the gravitational force on an object orbiting Earth. | | 1 | 52% | 50% | 2 |
| 13 | SR | WA | HS.PHY.4.3 | Determine what wave interaction occurs and what pattern forms when a laser light shines through two slits. | | 1 | 20% | 39% | -19 |
| 14 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.2 | Interpret data to determine the position at which an object has the greatest momentum. | | 1 | 52% | 67% | -15 |
| 15 | SR | EN | HS.PHY.3.2 | Calculate the gravitational potential energy of an object. | | 1 | 47% | 59% | -12 |
| 16 | SR | EN | HS.PHY.3.1 | Determine which graph best represents an object's gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy. | | 1 | 42% | 64% | -22 |
| 17 | CR | MF | HS.PHY.2.3 | Calculate the change in momentum of an object, calculate the average net force on the object, and explain why an identified change to the setup of the investigation would reduce the average net force on the object. | | 3 | 18% | 27% | -9 |
| 18 | SR | EN | HS.PHY.1.8 | Interpret a video to determine the type of nuclear process shown and identify that energy is released during the process. | | 1 | 52% | 62% | -10 |
| 19 | SR | WA | HS.PHY.4.1 | Calculate the wavelength of a sound wave. | | 1 | 67% | 80% | -13 |
| 20 | CR | MF | HS.PHY.2.1 | Analyze the forces acting on an object to explain why the object moves to the left, calculate the acceleration of the object, and determine the magnitude and direction of an additional force that would result in a given acceleration. | | 4 | 29% | 42% | -13 |
| 21 | CR | EN | HS.PHY.3.4 | Interpret a temperature vs. time graph of two objects in water to identify and explain the initial temperature of the water, describe when the objects will stop cooling, explain how more thermal energy was lost by one of the objects, and describe how the total heat transfer would be different if an object had a higher specific heat. | | 4 | 18% | 31% | -13 |
| 22 | SR | EN | HS.PHY.3.4 | Describe the flow of heat between ice and liquid water. | | 1 | 62% | 70% | -8 |
| 23 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.4 | Compare the gravitational forces that two objects exert on a person. | | 1 | 72% | 75% | -3 |
| 24 | SR | WA | HS.PHY.4.3 | Identify whether each investigation provides evidence that light behaves like a particle or like a wave. | | 1 | 31% | 46% | -15 |
| 25 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.2 | Interpret a position vs. time graph for two objects that collided to determine which object was at rest before the collision, the direction the objects moved after the collision, and the magnitude of the net force on the system during the collision. | | 2 | 46% | 48% | -2 |
| 26 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.1 | Analyze the forces acting on an object to determine which graph best represents the velocity of the object over time. | | 1 | 57% | 69% | -12 |
| 27 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.4 | Analyze the effect of distance and charge on electrostatic force to order three pairs of charges by the magnitude of the forces between the charges in each pair. | | 1 | 49% | 60% | -11 |
| 28 | SR | EN | HS.PHY.3.3 | Calculate the efficiency of a person pushing a crate up a ramp. | | 1 | 64% | 69% | -5 |
| 29 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.9 | Calculate the total resistance of a series circuit. | | 1 | 70% | 76% | -6 |
| 30 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.10 | Calculate the average acceleration of a car as it slows down. | | 1 | 42% | 60% | -18 |
| 31 | SR | EN | HS.PHY.3.2 | Interpret a temperature vs. energy graph to determine the temperature at which a substance changed state and how the graph would be different if a smaller mass of the substance were heated. | | 2 | 42% | 56% | -14 |
| 32 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.1 | Interpret a diagram of the forces acting on an object to determine the acceleration of the object. | | 1 | 71% | 78% | -7 |
| 33 | SR | EN | HS.PHY.3.2 | Determine in which situation water has the lowest average molecular kinetic energy. | | 1 | 61% | 71% | -10 |
| 34 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.3 | Calculate the amount of time it takes an object to come to a stop after colliding with a material. | | 1 | 51% | 61% | -10 |
| 35 | SR | WA | HS.PHY.4.1 | Explain why a light wave reaches an observer sooner than a sound wave. | | 1 | 51% | 58% | -7 |
| 36 | SR | WA | HS.PHY.4.1 | Explain why sound cannot be heard and light can be seen when a device is used on the moon. | | 1 | 23% | 49% | -26 |
| 37 | SR | WA | HS.PHY.4.1 | Compare the wavelengths of two sound waves with different frequencies. | | 1 | 44% | 48% | -4 |
| 38 | CR | WA | HS.PHY.4.1 | Calculate the period and wavelength of a sound wave and identify the wavelength of the sound wave in a model. | | 3 | 31% | 48% | -17 |
| 39 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.10 | Interpret a position vs. time graph to determine the velocity of an object. | | 1 | 49% | 65% | -16 |
| 40 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.10 | Determine which free-body force diagram shows an object with zero net force. | | 1 | 83% | 82% | 1 |
| 41 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.9 | Calculate the current through a resistor in a series circuit. | | 1 | 80% | 83% | -3 |
| 42 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.5 | Explain why a compass needle moves when it is near a wire that is connected to a battery. | | 1 | 53% | 64% | -11 |
| 43 | CR | EN | HS.PHY.3.1 | Calculate the work done to lift two people, describe how the work done on the people affects their gravitational potential energy, describe how the gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy of an object change as the object falls to the ground, and calculate the velocity of the object just before it hits the ground. | | 4 | 17% | 33% | -16 |
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