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Sort of. If you slam on the brakes of your car, the car slows down. But in the coordinate system of the things inside the car, you appear to accelerate out of your seat and through the windscreen.
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Does friction help objects speed up or slow down?
Friction always works against the velocity and so it always works to slow down an object.
What can friction do?
Friction acts to inhibit or "decrease" motion. Friction applies to any moving object, and will always act to slow it down or resist a change in its direction of motion.
What force is responsible for the slowing down?
Friction is a force that will slow things down.
When energy is in motion what makes it slow down?
the motion that makes things slow down is friction
In what ways does friction affect motion?
Friction makes things slow down.
Does friction help objects speed up or slow down?
Friction always works against the velocity and so it always works to slow down an object.
What can friction do?
Friction acts to inhibit or "decrease" motion. Friction applies to any moving object, and will always act to slow it down or resist a change in its direction of motion.
What force between a snow board and the snow makes it slow down?
It is the friction between the snowboard and the snow that makes it slow down.
In which direction does friction act?
Friction always acts in the opposite direction to that of the motion of the other object. Meaning, friction slows down the motion of an object by exerting opposing forces on it.
How the law of friction affects down hill skiing?
if there is friction on the hill it will slow you down
What force is responsible for the slowing down?
Friction is a force that will slow things down.
Why do cars slow down?
cars slow down because of friction and when you push the brake pedal you automatically slow down
How does friction affect the balloon powered car?
Friction will slow it down
What is a force that acts to slow down?
Friction
What forces slow a ball down?
Friction.
What is the name of the force that slows a boat down?
Generally, friction will slow kinetic motion in water and air alike.Gravity will always tend to pull things down, thus slowing upward motion.Generally, friction will slow kinetic motion in water and air alike.fluid friction
What slow down an object when it rolls down a hill?
friction
