A student pushes a box across a frictionless floor. On the first try, the box accelerates too slowly. To achieve a greater change in velocity in the same amount of time, what single change should the student make?

Apply the force for a shorter period of time.

If you were to create a graph showing the relationship described, with the resulting change in velocity on the y-axis and the strength of the force on the x-axis (for an object of constant mass), what would the graph look like?

A curved line that starts high and then levels off as the force increases.

A straight line with a positive slope that passes through the origin.

A horizontal line indicating that velocity change is independent of the force applied.

A U-shaped curve that shows the change is minimized at a medium force.

The change in the object's velocity is inversely proportional to the applied force.

A stronger force results in a proportionally greater change in the object's velocity.

The object's final velocity is always equal to the strength of the force applied.

Any applied force will cause the object to move at a constant velocity.

It allows the engineer to maximize the pod's speed right before the docking procedure begins.

It helps determine the exact strength of the thruster burst needed to achieve the required change in velocity for a safe connection.

It ensures the pod's mass remains entirely constant throughout the entire docking procedure.

It is the primary principle used to calculate the gravitational force between the pod and the larger space station.