A-LevelPhysicsKinematicsMay/June 2010Paper 1 Q81 Mark
A small steel ball falls freely under gravity after being released from rest. Which graph best represents the variation of the height h of the ball with time t? [Figure 8.1]
AGraph A: h decreases linearly with t
BGraph B: h decreases with t, curve is concave up (slope increasing negatively)
CGraph C: h decreases with t, curve is concave down (slope decreasing negatively)
DGraph D: h increases with t, curve is concave up
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