Friction on Inclines
Grade 6•45 minutes
Learning Objective
I can explain how friction helps or hinders objects moving up or down a ramp.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 7 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. Define friction and explain in your own words how it can both help and hinder movement.
2. Draw a free body diagram of a box sitting at rest on a ramp. Label all the forces acting on the box.
3. Explain why the force of static friction increases as the angle of a ramp increases, up to a certain point.
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