PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A? A. "Newton's First Law states that a moving object will keep moving in the same
direction unless some outside force acts upon it." (Paragraph 9)
B. "The pitcher throws this by placing the index and middle fingers on different sides
of the ball. This special kind of fastball sends the ball zipping quickly toward the
batter but then causes the ball to appear to drop as it nears home plate."
(Paragraph 16)
C. "Baseball science is all about performance. And it starts before the players step onto
the diamond. Many scientists study the physics of baseball to build, test, and
improve equipment." (Paragraph 27)
D. "In a June 2013 paper published in Nature, biologist Neil Roach from George
Washington University in Washington, D. C., reported that chimps, like pitchers, can
throw a ball at high speed." (Paragraph 34)