A Player Kicks a Soccer Ball in a High Arc

question 39

Multiple Choice

A player kicks a soccer ball in a high arc toward the opponent's goal. At the highest point in its trajectory

• A) the ball's velocity points downward.
• B) the ball's acceleration is zero but its velocity is not zero.
• C) the ball's acceleration points upward.
• D) both the velocity and the acceleration of the soccer ball are zero.
• E) neither the ball's velocity nor its acceleration are zero.

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Definitions:

Size Range

The spectrum or distribution of sizes for particles, objects, or phenomena, from the smallest to the largest.

Clasts

Pieces of rock or mineral fragments that are broken off from their parent source and are used in the creation of sedimentary rocks through the process of lithification.

Sedimentary Rocks

Rocks formed by the accumulation or deposition of mineral or organic particles at the Earth's surface, followed by compaction and cementation.

Conglomerate

A coarse-grained clastic sedimentary rock composed of rounded to sub-rounded clasts (pebbles, cobbles, and boulders) in a fine-grained matrix of sand and mud.