Friction
Friction is the resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another object surface. In bowling they have different size balls and different wax jobs on the lanes. The different weights can predict how fast the ball will go and how much speed it will gather befour hitting the pins.
The bowling ball will gradually loose speed as friction keeps acting on the ball because gravity is pulling down on the ball causing it to rub against the lane resulting in the ball slowing.this is why the wax is applied to the lane to create less friction so the ball moves faster.
REVIEW
- what way is the frictional force acting on?
- what happens to an objects frictional force when more weight is applied?