Suppose you take a piece of hard wax from an unlit candle. After you roll the wax between your fingers for a while, it becomes soft. What state of matter is the softer wax? Is it possible for the wax to change without changing its state?

The coefficient of friction is a number that represents the resistance to sliding between two in contact with one another.

Arunner is jogging at a steady 3.6 km/hr. when the runner is 2.9 km from the finish line, a bird begins flying from the runner to the finish line at 14.4 km/hr (4 times as fast as the runner). when the bird reaches the finish line, it turns around and flies back to the runner. even though the bird is a dodo, we will assume that it occupies only one point in space, i.e., a zero-length bird. how far does the bird travel? (b) after this first encounter, the bird then turns around and flies from the runner back to the finish line, turns around again and flies back to the runner. the bird repeats the back and forth trips until the runner reaches the finish line. how far does the bird travel from the beginning? (i.e. include the distance traveled to the first encounter)

What is the force that opposes motion and works against the downward pull? a) friction b) gravity c) weight d) acceleration