What are the energy transformations that occur as you coast down a long hill on a bicycle and apply the brakes?

1 Answer
Oct 26, 2015

Here's how I believe it goes

Explanation:

The bike is has kinetic or motion energy when it is moving downhill. When brakes apply, the energy is transformed into thermal energy on your brake (heat) and sound energy since you can hear it.
kinetic -> thermal + sound