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Thinkbook ch-9

The document discusses the concepts of friction and its role in different situations: 1) Friction between surfaces is responsible for interlocking of pages in a book or magazine. Glossy paper and fewer pages would be easier to remove due to less friction. 2) A book resting on a wall is balanced by static frictional forces - friction between the book and wall balances the gravitational force pulling it down. Applying more pressure increases interlocking and friction. 3) Friction between the feet and ground is necessary for walking forward - the back foot pushes against the ground, applying a forward frictional force.

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Thinkbook ch-9

The document discusses the concepts of friction and its role in different situations: 1) Friction between surfaces is responsible for interlocking of pages in a book or magazine. Glossy paper and fewer pages would be easier to remove due to less friction. 2) A book resting on a wall is balanced by static frictional forces - friction between the book and wall balances the gravitational force pulling it down. Applying more pressure increases interlocking and friction. 3) Friction between the feet and ground is necessary for walking forward - the back foot pushes against the ground, applying a forward frictional force.

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THINKSHEET 1

Q1.A. Friction between the pages is responsible for the interlocking

B. Magazines with glossy paper would be easier to remove. Also, books with a greater number
of interlocked pages would be tougher to pull.

Q2. A (b) Gravity is balanced by the frictional force developed between book and the wall.

Since, the book is at rest, forces in horizontal and vertical direction must be balanced. This means-

Frictional force balances Gravitational Force Force applied by hand balances Normal force applied by the
wall

B. When you press the book harder, you create more interlocking between the surface of the book and
the wall. higher the interlocking more the fractional force. Try this activity in the class. Therefore,
frictional force depends on two parameters, first is the roughness of both the surfaces and second is
degree of interlocking between the surfaces. C. Frictional force is trying to counter the gravitational
force. Therefore, frictional force will be in upward direction. D. Frictional force is static in this case as
there is no relative motion or rubbing between the two surfaces.

Q3. (C) You will not be able to walk as the frictional force applied by the earth is essential for forward
motion. The rest of the activities will still happen, even in the absence of friction. You can hold a bottle
ON your palm. To stand vertically in still position you do not need friction. You need friction when you
move

a. Upwards along the slope of wedge


b. Friction would be in forward direction. Front leg pushes the ground backwards and hence friction is
applied in the forward direction. Yes, friction helps us walk. Whenever you try to move forward, one of
your legs pushes the ground backwards and then the ground applies a forward friction force.

c. Backwards on the refrigerator

Q5. A. Walking, Lighting matchstick

B. Air drag on vehicles, friction between parts of machines.

Q6. The friction here is static. Yes, it is static and not kinetic. Shouldn’t it be kinetic as we are moving?
No. Kinetic friction acts whenever two surfaces rub against each other. Observe carefully when you
walk. There is no relative motion between your sole and the ground at the point of contact. If you walk
and drag your feet (sometimes kids walk like this) then kinetic friction will come into play. During normal
walk the friction is static. There are many examples of when a body moves but the point of contact does
not rub. In all that cases friction is static. Imagine, climbing a building through a rope. Again, here your
palms will be static on the rope. The friction here will be static

THINKSHEET 2

. Q1. I. The ball feels smaller drag (air friction) due to its smaller size, hence it goes farther.

II. When the plane is thrown slowly, the air drag is low, hence it will glide for a longer time. As you
increase the speed to a very high magnitude then air friction increases. When the paper planes have
sufficient speed and then you try to significantly increase the speed then effect of drag increases.
Swimmers face this problem while swimming fast. Though they need to swim fast to win the race, the
faster the speed more the fluid friction, their efforts increase considerably to maintain the high speed.
Therefore, high speed bullet train in Japan has aerodynamic shape to reduce air friction, as friction
would be high.

III. Air friction depends on the speed and size of the object. IV. more

Q2 A. Air Drag opposes motion. It is air that is the enemy of sprint runners.

B. a. Palms are open to minimize air Friction. A closed fist will have bigger size exposed against air.

b. He is running in a bend position to reduce his overall surface area facing the air.

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