If an Object Falling Freely Were Somehow Equipped with an Odometer

question 10

Multiple Choice

If an object falling freely were somehow equipped with an odometer to measure the distance it travels, then the amount of distance it travels each succeeding second would be

• A)constant.
• B)less and less each second.
• C)greater than the second before.
• D)doubled.

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Definitions:

Slave States

States in the U.S. before 1865 where the institution of slavery was legally permitted.

Union Army

The land force that fought for the Northern states during the American Civil War, opposing the Confederacy and fighting to preserve the Union and end slavery.

Steamer Planter

A Confederate steamship hijacked in 1862 by Robert Smalls, an enslaved African American who then sailed it to freedom and surrendered it to the Union.

Robert Smalls

An African American who escaped slavery to become a Union naval hero and later a US Congressman.