You are riding on your bike and stop pedaling, coasting along the road. Eventually, your bike slows down and stops. What happened to the energy of your motion when your bike stopped?

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Alan P.
Mar 12, 2018

It turned into heat (for the most part).

Explanation:

Friction among moving parts of the bicycle and between the bicycle and the road would account for most of the energy "loss".
Some energy might be converted into kinetic energy of particles (e.g. pebbles) on the road.

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