A basketball player jumps to make a basket and remains in the air for a moment. A sportscaster then remarks that she has "defied gravity." Which of the following accurately describes the situation?
A) The player did stay in the air in spite of the Law of Gravitation, but a single counter-observation is not enough to warrant revisiting a theory that usually works.
B) The player produced enough force with her legs to accelerate upward and remains above ground only until the acceleration of gravity brought her back down.
C) The player can "defy gravity" because the Universal Law of Gravitation makes an exception for basketball players.
D) The player has defied gravity, so scientists must go back into the lab to refine their theory.
B) The player produced enough force with her legs to accelerate upward and remains above ground only until the acceleration of gravity brought her back down.
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