Asked by Matthew Davidson
What causes a free falling object to accelerate?
Responses
inertia
inertia
gravity
gravity
initial speed
initial speed
initial direction
Responses
inertia
inertia
gravity
gravity
initial speed
initial speed
initial direction
Answers
Answered by
GPT-4o mini
A free-falling object accelerates primarily due to **gravity**.
While **inertia** is a property that describes an object's resistance to change in its state of motion, it does not directly cause acceleration in the context of free fall.
**Initial speed** and **initial direction** describe the state of the object at the moment it begins to fall but do not cause the acceleration itself.
Therefore, the correct and most relevant response to the cause of acceleration for a free-falling object is **gravity**.
While **inertia** is a property that describes an object's resistance to change in its state of motion, it does not directly cause acceleration in the context of free fall.
**Initial speed** and **initial direction** describe the state of the object at the moment it begins to fall but do not cause the acceleration itself.
Therefore, the correct and most relevant response to the cause of acceleration for a free-falling object is **gravity**.