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Why does a car slow down when you accelerate?
A car goes faster when you accelerate. It slows down when you brake.
Why do 4x4's slow down for speed bumps?
Every car slows down for speed bumps... that's what speed bumps are for.
Which car has the least air resistance?
slow everything down
What forces would try to slow down a racing car?
Air resistance, also known as drag, will act as a force that slows down a racing car. Additionally, friction between the tires and the road surface will also contribute to slowing down the car. Other factors such as inclines or curves in the track can also create forces that work against the car's speed.
What force slows car hitting the brakes?
Generally speaking for cars that have "disk brakes", friction slows the car. When the driver presses down on the brake pedal the brake calipers squeeze the brake pads against the brake rotor inside each car wheel causing the car to slow down by friction.
Which forces slow down a car as it drives along?
air resistance
What part of a car slows it down?
"Brakes" make the whole car slow down.
Why are parachutes used to help a car brake?
Well, because the air catches on to the parachute and it slows it down faster
Why does a driver of a car have to continuously apply pressure to the gas pedal in order to the car cruising at a steady speed even on a flat road?
Friction is the reason why anything slows down in this world we live in today. There are many factors in which a car is slowed down from a constant speed it would hold in a frictionless reallity. Air resistance is one factor (also known as drag). Wind tunnels are used to create airplanes and cars with less drag, aka air resistance. It is the fact that the car has to push through the natural atmosphere of the planet earth. Gravity on the car also slows the pace of the car. The friction between the tires on the vehicle and the road you are driving on. The transmission's gears slow down the pass of the car as well. The compression ring on the pistons also slows down the camshaft of the engine which ends up slowing down the tranny because the gears are still engaged. The oil in the engine and oil in the transmission slows down the tranny. A car has an accelerator to determine the speed of the car.
What makes your car slow down?
"Brakes" make your car slow down.Additional answerSo does friction and air resistance and the rolling resistance of the rubber tyres.
What friction slows down a car?
The main sources of friction that slow down a car are rolling resistance between the tires and the road, air resistance from the drag force due to the motion of the car through the air, and brake friction when the brakes are applied to stop the car. All of these friction forces act to oppose the motion of the car and reduce its speed.
How does gravity slow down a car?
Gravity itself does not slow things down (the Moon still keeps going round the Earth and the Earth still keeps going round the Sun). It's friction that slows things down. I have to say that there is likely to be more friction if there's more gravity but that's a secondary effect.
