Texas is undergoing a severe drought. To stimulate the rain, scientists are cloud seeding by shooting silver iodine into the sky. Which of the following graph shapes BEST represents the trajectory of the silver iodine as it is shot into the air and then comes back down to Earth?
A. a straight line rising at a consistent rate from x to y
B. a parabola taking the shape of an upside-down U
C. a J shape starting slowly and then rising rapidly
D. an S shape rising at a constant rate and then dropping
1 answer
B. a parabola taking the shape of an upside-down U