Brake
Brakes convert motion into heat through friction or other mechanisms. This topic is part of Automotive within Technology. This page currently draws on 6 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Brake trivia questions
What is the main purpose of a vehicle brake?
Answer: Slow or stop motion
Bonus fact: Brakes convert motion into heat through friction or other mechanisms.
Most modern car disc brakes squeeze pads against what?
Answer: Rotor
Bonus fact: The brake caliper presses pads against a rotating disc.
What physical force allows ordinary friction brakes to slow a vehicle?
Answer: Friction
Bonus fact: Friction converts kinetic energy into heat.
Which pedal in an automatic-transmission car is normally used to slow or stop the vehicle?
Answer: Brake pedal
Bonus fact: The brake pedal activates the vehicle's service brakes.
What safety device invented by Elisha Otis helped make passenger elevators practical by preventing a car from falling if the hoisting cable failed?
Answer: Safety brake
Bonus fact: Otis publicly demonstrated his elevator safety mechanism in 1854.
What driver action typically cancels conventional cruise control immediately?
Answer: Pressing the brake pedal
Bonus fact: Braking returns speed control to the driver.