A child throws a teddy bear straight up$.$ Consider the motion of the bear only after it has left the child's hand but before it touches the ground, and assume that forces acting on it from the air are negligible. For these conditions, the force$($s$)$ acting on the bear is$($are$)$:

Question $12$ options:

a downward force of gravity along with a steadily decreasing upward force

a steadily decreasing upward force from the moment it leaves the child's hand until it reaches its highest point; on the way down there is a steadily increasing downward force of gravity as the bear gets closer to the earth.

an almost constant downward force of gravity along with an upward force that steadily decreases until the bear reaches its highest point; on the way down there is only a constant downward force of gravity

an almost constant downward force of gravity only