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Friction. Gravity holds us to the floor, friction keeps us from slipping.

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Q: What force prevents people from sliding when they walk?
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What is the force that makes it easy to walk on the floor without sliding?

friction


What force allows you to walk up a hill withuot sliding back down?

Gravity in conjunction with friction.


Can a person walk if there is no friction on the surface?

no because you would be sliding if there was no friction.Friction resists the motion caused by another force


Blind people can walk?

Being blind only prevents a person from seeing, not walking. Unless there is another health condition, yes, blind people can walk.


Can you walk friction-less floor?

When you walk it requires a force which is reacted by the floor in opposite direction. With zero friction it is difficult to make any forward progress as no force is reacted, so you cannot walk but will slip.You can try to put foot down always normal to the floor, and you make some progress, but mostly you will be sliding, not walking.


What forceenables you to walk on the ground?

Friction, as we push ground the tangential component of the normal force that is friction (is the force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and material elements sliding against each other) pushes us forward (newtons third law) helps us to move forward and walk.


What is examples of friction?

The fact that you can walk without sliding is an example of friction.


What force allows you to walk?

The motion force


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You walk up to a grapple point, used normally by people with guns, and you can use it with a person with the force.


What kind of friction occurs when you walk?

Static friction, because your feet aren't (hopefully!) sliding.


What kind of friction allows you to walk without slipping?

Alternately, as we step: sliding, or dynamic friction; static friction; sliding friction again. Sequence repeats with each step.


How do you make hermit crabs walk around?

You can't force it to walk it will walk on its own!