Weather Wonders PCA Annotations of Student Responses for Item 6: Factors Affecting Precipitation
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Scoring Annotations for Student Response 1
Description of the average yearly precipitation of Ocean Shores and Spokane: In
Ocean Shores … 119 centimeters of precipitation, and in Spokane … only get 43
centimeters.
2
Why Ocean Shores and Spokane have different average yearly precipitations: In
ocean shores the wind pushes over the ocean causing more mist and rain … in Spokane
its (Spokane is) all dry land … dont get as much.
Scoring Annotations for Student Response 2
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Description of the average yearly precipitation of Ocean Shores and Spokane: The
average yearly percipitation for ocean shores is 119 centimeters ... where as spokanes
pecipitaion is 43 in centimeters ….
Why Ocean Shores and Spokane have different average yearly precipitations: …
ocean shores is right by the ocean. … Spokane is nowhere near the ocean.
Vague explanation because there is no description of how precipitation is moved. See
General Note 2.
Scoring Annotations for Student Response 3
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Description of the average yearly precipitation of Ocean Shores and Spokane:
None
Why Ocean Shores and Spokane have different average yearly precipitations: the
difference in Ocean shores and Spokane are that ocean shores has water and Spokane
is just dry
No description of precipitation. See General Note 5.
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Scoring Annotations for Student Response 4
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Description of the average yearly precipitation of Ocean Shores and Spokane:
Ocean Shores gets 119 cm a year, and Spokane get 43 cm a year.
2
Why Ocean Shores and Spokane have different average yearly precipitations: The
wind goes over the Pacific Ocean and picks up water. Since there is no water near
Spokane, the wind can’t get water.
Scoring Annotations for Student Response 5
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Description of the average yearly precipitation of Ocean Shores and Spokane:
Ocean Shores gets 119 centemeters
Note: Data for Spokane is neither given nor implied.
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Why Ocean Shores and Spokane have different average yearly precipitations:
Ocean Shores… is near the ocean, water evaporates from the ocean … blown to ocean
shores by the wind. Spokane also has wind but it (Spokane) does not have to ocean.
Scoring Annotations for Student Response 6
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Description of the average yearly precipitation of Ocean Shores and Spokane:
None
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Why Ocean Shores and Spokane have different average yearly precipitations: The
Ocean Shores is by the Pacific Ocean. Spokan is by dry land.
Vague explanation because there is no wind. See Note 2 and Note 5
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Scoring Annotations for Student Response 7
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Description of the average yearly precipitation of Ocean Shores and Spokane: The
reason ocean shores has 119 centimeters of precipitation… But then spokane only gets
43 centimeters…
Why Ocean Shores and Spokane have different average yearly precipitations:
…water evaporates over the ocean and then the clouds blow over twards land, then it
(pleonastic it) rains. But then Spokane…is Around dry land then since there is little
water to be turned into clouds.
Scoring Annotations for Student Response 8
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Description of the average yearly precipitation of Ocean Shores and Spokane:
…ocean shores has 119 yearly precipitation and Spokane has 43 yearly precipitatin
Why Ocean Shores and Spokane have different average yearly precipitations: The
precipitation is larger near water Beause more goes into the sky Because of
evaporationVague explanation because there is no wind. See Note 2
Scoring Annotations for Student Response 9
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Description of the average yearly precipitation of Ocean Shores and Spokane:
None
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Why Ocean Shores and Spokane have different average yearly precipitations:
…Spokane is just in the middle of Washington, while ocean Shores is by the coastline
Vague explanation because there is no wind. See Note 2 and Note 5.
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Scoring Annotations for Student Response 10
Description of the average yearly precipitation of Ocean Shores and Spokane:
Ocean shores has a average percipitation of 119 centimeters. Sopkane has an average
43 centimeters.
2
Why Ocean Shores and Spokane have different average yearly precipitations:
Ocean Shores has more precipition because the wind blows all the rain clouds from the
ocean right over Ocean Shores.
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