Students analyze their data from a gravity experiment. They find that objects fall at a greater speed from a greater height than from a lower height. What can they conclude?

Question

Students analyze their data from a gravity experiment. They find that objects fall at a greater speed from a greater height than from a lower height. What can they conclude?
Responses

The longer an object falls, the more gravity increases its speed.

The experiment must have a design flaw.

The longer an object falls, the greater its mass.

Students must have mismeasured the objects’ drop times.

GPT-4o mini · Answer

The correct conclusion the students can draw from their observation is:

The longer an object falls, the more gravity increases its speed.

This conclusion aligns with the principles of physics, specifically that an object in free fall accelerates due to gravity, and the distance fallen affects the speed it reaches.