| Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational Technical - GRADE HS INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS |
| ITEM INFORMATION | | PERCENT OF DISTRICT'S POSSIBLE POINTS |
| ITEM | TYPE | REPORTING CATEGORY | STANDARD | ITEM DESC | | POSSIBLE POINTS | NORTHEAST METROPOLITAN REGIONAL VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL | STATE | DISTRICT-STATE DIFFERENCE |
| 1 | SR | EN | HS.PHY.3.5 | Describe how changing the distance between two charged particles affects the forces between the particles. | | 1 | 78% | 77% | 1 |
| 2 | SR | EN | HS.PHY.3.2 | Complete a model to show how the molecular motion of a substance changes as it is heated. | | 1 | 80% | 84% | -4 |
| 3 | SR | WA | HS.PHY.4.1 | Compare the wavelength of a sound wave in air and water. | | 1 | 54% | 64% | -10 |
| 4 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.9 | Calculate the current flowing through a series circuit. | | 1 | 63% | 61% | 2 |
| 5 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.2 | Determine the object with the greatest momentum. | | 1 | 70% | 72% | -2 |
| 6 | SR | EN | HS.PHY.1.8 | Interpret a model to describe a nuclear process. | | 1 | 27% | 37% | -10 |
| 7 | SR | WA | HS.PHY.4.5 | Interpret a diagram to determine the wave behavior shown, and describe how the speed and wavelength of light changes as it passes from air into another medium. | | 2 | 41% | 46% | -5 |
| 8 | SR | WA | HS.PHY.4.3 | Identify an example of light behaving like a particle. | | 1 | 43% | 43% | 0 |
| 9 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.1 | Calculate the net force on an object. | | 1 | 75% | 74% | 1 |
| 10 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.5 | Explain that current flowing through a wire produces a magnetic field that can apply a force, and determine the question that was being answered by an investigation. | | 2 | 67% | 68% | -1 |
| 11 | SR | EN | HS.PHY.3.4 | Determine which temperature vs. time graph represents two objects in thermal contact. | | 1 | 61% | 70% | -9 |
| 12 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.9 | Analyze a series circuit to determine the voltage drop across each resistor and the total voltage drop across the circuit. | | 1 | 61% | 65% | -4 |
| 13 | SR | WA | HS.PHY.4.1 | Compare the speed and wavelength of radio waves and infrared radiation in a vacuum, given that radio waves have a lower frequency than infrared radiation. | | 1 | 44% | 50% | -6 |
| 14 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.10 | Calculate the average speed of an object. | | 1 | 77% | 71% | 6 |
| 15 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.10 | Interpret a distance vs. time graph to describe the motion of an object and the magnitude of the net force on the object. | | 1 | 79% | 80% | -1 |
| 16 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.10 | Identify the free-body force diagram for an object falling with negligible air resistance. | | 1 | 17% | 27% | -10 |
| 17 | CR | EN | HS.PHY.3.2 | Interpret a graph of the gravitational potential energy (GPE) and kinetic energy (KE) of a falling object to identify the object's height and explain the reasoning, create a graph of the object's GPE and KE, and describe how the object's GPE and KE would have been affected by air resistance acting on the object. | | 3 | 28% | 38% | -10 |
| 18 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.10 | Interpret motion graphs to determine which graph represents constant, positive acceleration. | | 1 | 73% | 73% | 0 |
| 19 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.4 | Interpret a diagram to compare the charges on two objects and to describe how changing the magnitudes of the charges would affect the system. | | 1 | 60% | 60% | 0 |
| 20 | CR | WA | HS.PHY.4.1 | Identify sound waves as a type of mechanical wave, describe how one type of electromagnetic wave can be used, explain why electromagnetic waves must be used in space, and describe a difference between mechanical and electromagnetic waves. | | 4 | 29% | 36% | -7 |
| 21 | CR | MF | HS.PHY.2.3 | Calculate the change in momentum of a ball during a collision and the net force applied to the ball, explain how to reduce the average net force on the ball, and analyze an investigation to determine which factors change and which factors must be kept constant. | | 4 | 50% | 52% | -2 |
| 22 | SR | WA | HS.PHY.4.5 | Interpret a diagram to determine the wave behavior used by a device. | | 1 | 63% | 72% | -9 |
| 23 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.5 | Describe what an investigation demonstrates when a magnet is passed through a coil of wire. | | 1 | 55% | 61% | -6 |
| 24 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.1 | Interpret position vs. time graphs to determine which graph represents an object with a net force acting on it. | | 1 | 36% | 44% | -8 |
| 25 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.2 | Calculate the total momentum of a system and the velocity of an object just after a collision. | | 2 | 52% | 59% | -7 |
| 26 | SR | EN | HS.PHY.3.4 | Determine which water sample has the least average kinetic energy based on the temperatures of the samples. | | 1 | 54% | 59% | -5 |
| 27 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.4 | Determine which change would cause the greatest increase in gravitational attraction between two objects. | | 1 | 53% | 58% | -5 |
| 28 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.10 | Analyze a velocity vs. time graph to determine when the direction of the net force on an object is opposite the object's motion. | | 1 | 50% | 59% | -9 |
| 29 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.9 | Describe how adding another resistor in series affects the current in a circuit. | | 1 | 69% | 68% | 1 |
| 30 | SR | EN | HS.PHY.3.4 | Identify the information required to calculate the energy absorbed by an object. | | 1 | 70% | 70% | 0 |
| 31 | SR | EN | HS.PHY.3.1 | Calculate the initial gravitational potential energy of an object, and describe how the object's gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy changed as the object's height decreased. | | 2 | 77% | 76% | 1 |
| 32 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.2 | Calculate the speed of two railroad cars after the cars collide, connect, and move together. | | 1 | 57% | 56% | 1 |
| 33 | SR | EN | HS.PHY.3.3 | Calculate the percent efficiency of a device that converts kinetic energy to gravitational potential energy. | | 1 | 61% | 69% | -8 |
| 34 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.9 | Compare the voltage drop across and current through two resistors in a circuit. | | 1 | 52% | 62% | -10 |
| 35 | SR | EN | HS.PHY.3.1 | Order the gravitational potential energy of an object at three heights from least to greatest. | | 1 | 52% | 61% | -9 |
| 36 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.3 | Compare the collision time and the force on an object for two collisions with different surfaces. | | 1 | 46% | 57% | -11 |
| 37 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.1 | Interpret data to determine when there was zero net force on a moving object. | | 1 | 32% | 48% | -16 |
| 38 | CR | MF | HS.PHY.2.10 | Analyze a velocity vs. time graph to explain when an object has the greatest acceleration during a time interval, calculate the average acceleration of the object over a given amount of time, and compare the net forces on the object for two different time intervals and explain the reasoning. | | 3 | 39% | 42% | -3 |
| 39 | SR | MF | HS.PHY.2.3 | Determine a variable that should be controlled in an investigation about reducing the forces from a collision. | | 1 | 52% | 61% | -9 |
| 40 | SR | EN | HS.PHY.3.1 | Calculate an object's change in mechanical energy. | | 1 | 71% | 70% | 1 |
| 41 | SR | WA | HS.PHY.4.5 | Explain why light bends when traveling from one medium to another. | | 1 | 36% | 45% | -9 |
| 42 | SR | WA | HS.PHY.4.1 | Identify the diagram that has the wavelength and amplitude of a wave correctly labeled. | | 1 | 46% | 55% | -9 |
| 43 | CR | EN | HS.PHY.3.5 | Analyze a diagram to compare the magnitude of the electrostatic forces acting on two objects, explain why the electrostatic forces have certain directions, and explain how releasing the objects changes the magnitude of the force acting on one of the objects and the kinetic energies of the objects. | | 4 | 27% | 33% | -6 |
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