Drop a rock from a 5-m height and it accelerates at 10 m/s2 and strikes the ground 1 s later. Drop the same rock from a height of 2.5 m and its acceleration of fall is

A) about half.
B) the same.
C) twice as much.


B

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D) kame.

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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A. competition. B. commensalism. C. parasitism. D. mutualism. E. predation.

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A) is termed the polar front. B) is unrelated to the formation of cyclonic storms. C) is most distinctive during summer months in each respective hemisphere. D) is referred to as the subtropical contact zone.

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