DE Chapter 12 Review

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Good Traction

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(b) Poor Traction

• Ice covered roadway

• Wide deep tread tires on snow covered street

• Snow tires on snow covered roadway

• Loose packed gravel roadway

• Rain on the pavement

• Dry smooth roadway

When you brake quickly and your books and packages on the backseat fall on the floor the force at work is

The force that makes your tires stick to the surface of the road is called_______

Two vehicles going at the same speed hit the same brick wall, but the one that weighs more sustains more damage. This is an example of______.

The faster a vehicle moves, the more ________ energy it has.

The force that slows your vehicle going uphill is called _________.

The point at which weight is evenly distributed

Choose the letter of the car that best matches the statement.

Stopping distance increases.

• Car A

• Car B

• Car C

Choose the letter of the car that best matches the statement.

Speed increases without accelerating.

• Car A

• Car B

• Car C

Choose the letter of the car that best matches the statement.

The vehicle's center of gravity is raised.

• Car A

• Car B

• Car C