Drake is standing on a cliff watching his friend, Zuri, who is at the base of the cliff. If Drake drops a small pebble from the cliff, what will happen to the pebble in relation to Zuri standing below?
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The pebble will fall straight down due to gravity. Assuming there's no strong horizontal wind and Zuri is standing directly beneath the point where Drake drops the pebble, it will fall towards Zuri. If the pebble is dropped without any sideways push, gravity will attract it directly toward the center of the earth, which will align with Zuri's position at the base of the cliff. If there is a horizontal distance between Drake and Zuri, the pebble will not fall directly on Zuri but will land somewhere along the base of the cliff depending on the horizontal distance.