define and give an example of sliding friction
Examples of Sliding Friction. 1  Sledding. 2  Pushing an object across a surface. 3  Rubbing one's hands together (The friction generated by rubbing's one hands is what generates heat.) 4  A car sliding on ice. 5  Opening and closing a sliding door. 6  A car turning a corner. 7  Rope and a pulley system.
Sliding Friction. Sliding friction (also called kinetic friction) is a contact force that resists the sliding motion of two objects or an object and a surface. Sliding friction is almost always less than that of static friction; this is why it is easier to move an object once it starts moving rather than to get the object to begin moving from a rest position.