eli5 Tire rolling down hill

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I am literally 5 compared physicists-a tire rolls down hill and it keeps rolling faster can it increase in speed infinitely as long as the hill is infinitely large?

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In a vacuum? Possibly. Not in a vacuum no it’ll hit terminal velocity at some point. Do to air friction , water friction , and friction with the hill and possibly other forces it will have to max out eventually. In a vacuum with no air or water it would most likely speed up close to infinite I suppose

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