______1. Which of the following is NOT true about a stone dropped from the third floor of the high school building?

A. It is a free-falling object.
B. It accelerates at the rate of 9.8 m/s2.
C. It decelerates at the rate of 9.8 m/s2.
D. Its initial velocity is zero.

C. Velocity starts at zero and keeps increasing. Increasing velocity is acceleration.