Question

use the scenario to answer the question yasmin and her friends went sledding sledding down the hill behind her house. she was the first one up sitting on her sled. sliding down the hill her sled gradually slowed down.

Answer 1

What force caused Yasmin's sled to gradually slow down as she was sledding down the hill behind her house?

The force that caused Yasmin's sled to gradually slow down as she was sledding down the hill behind her house was friction. Friction is the resistance that occurs when two surfaces rub against each other, in this case, the bottom of the sled rubbing against the snow on the hill. This frictional force acts in the opposite direction to the motion of the sled, causing it to slow down.