Graph Test Question 7

Question #7:

The following graph concerns the kinetic energy of a falling ball. The y-axis represents the kinetic energy and the x-axis represents the distance that the ball has fallen.

Graph for question 7 

     MIDI     WAV

Choose the sentence that is the best interpretation of the graph.

A: The kinetic energy of the ball remains constant.
B: The kinetic energy is increasing linearly with distance.
C: The kinetic energy increases as the square of the distance.
D: The total energy of the ball remains constant.
E: The kinetic energy is decreasing linearly with distance.

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Last modified October 20, 1997.