How can the temperature stay the same is the substance was equally absorbing and releasing energy

An apple is falling from a tree. disregarding air resistance, which diagram shows the free-body diagram of the force or forces acting on the apple?

When an object is heated it contracts. a. true b. false

Imagine you are standing in the antarctic during the southern hemisphere summer. the sky is clear and blue. there are no clouds in the sky. your shadow is cast on the icy ground. what is the color of the shadow?