Mystery #4Tier 2energy / motion
Where does all the energy go when a car brakes?
A car speeding along has a huge amount of energy in its motion, enough to do real damage. Then the driver brakes, and within seconds the car is sitting still. All that energy of motion is simply gone. But energy can't just vanish. So where did a tonne of speeding metal's worth of energy actually go?
Your guess
What's your hunch about where all that energy of motion goes when the brakes bring the car to a stop?
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