A limitation of measuring a falling ball's time with a stopwatch over 1 m is:

  1. the metre rule is too long
  2. the time is very short, so reaction time causes a large uncertainty
  3. gravity varies
  4. the ball is too big
Answer

B) the time is very short, so reaction time causes a large uncertainty

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