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Stephanie Paris

Consultants

Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D.

Kent State University

Lori Oczkus

Literacy Consultant

Katie McKissick

Physical Science Consultant

Based on writing from

TIME For Kids. TIME For Kids and the TIME

For Kids logo are registered trademarks of

TIME Inc. Used under license.

Publishing Credits

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Lee Aucoin , Creative Director

Jamey Acosta , Senior Editor

Heidi Fiedler , Editor

Lexa Hoang , Designer

Stephanie Reid , Photo Editor

Emily Engle , Contributing Author

Rachelle Cracchiolo , M.S.Ed., Publisher

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A World Without Friction! .........

Types of Friction ................

What Affects Friction? ...........

What Does Friction Do? .........

Dont Hold Back! ...............

Glossary ......................

Index ........................

Bibliography ..................

More to Explore ................

About the Author ...............

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Consultants

Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D.

Kent State University

Lori Oczkus

Literacy Consultant

Katie McKissick

Physical Science Consultant

Based on writing from

TIME For Kids. TIME For Kids and the TIME

For Kids logo are registered trademarks of

TIME Inc. Used under license.

Publishing Credits

Dona Herweck Rice , Editor-in-Chief

Lee Aucoin , Creative Director

Jamey Acosta , Senior Editor

Heidi Fiedler , Editor

Lexa Hoang , Designer

Stephanie Reid , Photo Editor

Emily Engle , Contributing Author

Rachelle Cracchiolo , M.S.Ed., Publisher

Image Credits: pp.11 (top, bottom),

15 (top), 30, 34, 42, 5253, 55 (all) Alamy;

pp.10, 35 (right), 57 (bottom), 4445

iStockphoto; p.53 (top & middle) Toru

Yamanaka/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom;

pp.44, 47 NASA; pp.9, 13, 2223, 2829,

3637, 3839 (bottom), 4849 (illustrations)

Timothy J. Bradley; pp.4849 (top) Andrejs

Pidjass/NejroN/Getty Images/iStockphoto;

p.50 Paul Lampard/Getty Images/

iStockphoto; p.52 (bottom) Gary Hincks/

Photo Researchers, Inc.; All other images

from Shutterstock.

A World Without Friction! .........

Types of Friction ................

What Affects Friction? ...........

What Does Friction Do? .........

Dont Hold Back! ...............

Glossary ......................

Index ........................

Bibliography ..................

More to Explore ................

About the Author ...............

Teacher Created Materials

5301 Oceanus Drive

Huntington Beach, CA 92649-1030

http://www.tcmpub.com

ISBN 978-1-4333-4940-9

2013 Teacher Created Materials, Inc.

W

hat is friction?

W

here do you encounter

friction?

How can w

e increase or

decrease friction?

I magine

sitting on a couch at

home. You decide to stand up,

but when you try to push off the

ground, your feet slip out from

under you. Everything is as slippery

as ice. Luckily, the couch is wedged

against a wall, so you push hard and

manage to bounce onto the floor.

But now you have another problem

because you are sliding toward the

door and you cant stop! You slip

out the door, down the stairs, and

down the street.

What is friction?

Where do you encounter

friction?

How can

we increase or

decrease friction?

I

magine sitting on a couch at

home. You decide to stand up,

but when you try to push off the

ground, your feet slip out from

under you. Everything is as slippery

as ice. Luckily, the couch is wedged

against a wall, so you push hard and

manage to bounce onto the floor.

But now you have another problem

because you are sliding toward the

door and you cant stop! You slip

out the door, down the stairs, and

down the street.

Could Life Survive?

A world without friction would be very different from

the one we know. Many people wonder if life would

even be possible. Could animals breathe without

friction? Could cells interact? Would blood pump?

How would living things get the food and nutrients

they need? As you read about friction,

think about how it affects life on Earth.

A gem cannot be polished without

friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca, philosopher

In a world without friction, every

living thing around you is having the same

problem. Plants lie limply on the ground,

their roots unable to hold them in the

dirt. Cars, trucks, and trains are unable to

move. Crawling critters cant crawl, and

nothing can run or walk. A few creatures

may have figured out how to bounce off

things, but the only way to stop would

be to crash into something else or grab

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