A Stone Is Dropped Off a Bridge into a Still

Essay

A stone is dropped off a bridge into a still pond. The stone has initial velocity of zero and falls increasingly faster under the pull of gravity. When it enters the water it slows down at a constant rate, coming to a terminal velocity then continuing at that rate until it comes to rest on the bottom of the pond.(a) Sketch a rough graph of the stone's velocity as a function of time.(b) Sketch a rough graph of the stone's vertical distance from the point from which it was dropped as a function of time.