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What type of friction friction acts on an object that is not moving

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The type of friction you are looking for is static friction, which is friction that acts between two stationary objects.

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The type of friction friction acts on an object that is not moving is called "static friction" also called potential energy. Potential energy is energy a object has when it's not moving, static energy the force that takes place in a object when it's not moving. A example of static friction would be a ball, at first it would be static friction because it has the potential to move because of it's shape, then it would be fraction when it gets kicked then, it would be slide fraction once it slides over the edge of a hill.

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