Combined Science GCSE
Friction
What Friction means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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A force that opposes relative sliding between surfaces, for example a book dragged across a desk.
A force that opposes motion and acts in the opposite direction to movement.
Topics that use Friction
- Contact and non-contact forces (AQA GCSE)
- Work done and energy transfer (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Force
- Action at a distance
- Attraction and repulsion
- Contact and non-contact forces
- Contact force
- Displacement
- Dissipation of energy
- Energy transfer
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