D. Free fall
Explanation:
An object is said to be in free fall when there is only one force acting on the body, which is the force of gravity.
Near the Earth's surface, the force of gravity acting on a body is given by
F = mg
where
m is the mass of the body
g is the acceleration of gravity (its value is )
The direction of this force is downward (towards the Earth's centre).
If we apply Newton's second law on an object in free-fall, we can find its acceleration. In fact, we have:
And substituting F,
So, every object in free-fall accelerates at towards the ground.
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