Drop a rock from a 5-m height and it accelerates at 10 m/s2 and strikes the ground 1 s later. Drop the same rock from a height of 2.5 m and its acceleration of fall is about
A) twice as much.
B) four times as much.
C) the same amount.
D) half as much.

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The acceleration due to gravity is constant near the Earth's surface, regardless of the height from which an object is dropped.

Drop a Rock from a 5-M Height and It Accelerates