Answer the following questions

$(i)$ State the type of motion shown by a freely falling stone.

$(ii)$ When a stone is thrown vertically upwards its velocity is continuously decreased. Why ?

$(iii)$ Give an example of a motion in which average velocity is zero, but the average speed is not zero.

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$(i)$ Uniform motion.

$(ii)$ The stone is continuously being attracted by the earth, this causes retardation in the stone's motion, hence its velocity goes on decreasing continuously

$(iii)$ Uniform circular motion.

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