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Class 8 CBSE Science Chapter 12 Friction

The document contains exercises from Class 8 Science Chapter 12 on Friction, including fill-in-the-blank questions and explanations of concepts related to friction. It discusses the nature of friction, its effects, and practical examples of how it can be both beneficial and detrimental. Key points include the comparison of static and sliding friction, the impact of surface smoothness on friction, and the importance of friction in everyday activities.

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Class 8 CBSE Science Chapter 12 Friction

The document contains exercises from Class 8 Science Chapter 12 on Friction, including fill-in-the-blank questions and explanations of concepts related to friction. It discusses the nature of friction, its effects, and practical examples of how it can be both beneficial and detrimental. Key points include the comparison of static and sliding friction, the impact of surface smoothness on friction, and the importance of friction in everyday activities.

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Class 8 Science Chapter 12 Friction

NCERT TEXTBOOK EXERCISES

Question 1.
Fill in the blanks:

1. Friction opposes the…………….between the surfaces in contact with each other.


2. Friction depends on the.…………..of surfaces.
3. Friction produces ……………….
4. A sprinkling of powder on the carrom board.…………….friction.
5. Sliding friction is……….than the static friction.

Answer.

1. relative motion
2. smoothness (or irregularities or nature)
3. heat
4. reduces
5. less.

Question 2.
Four children were asked to arrange forces due to rolling, static, and sliding frictions in
decreasing order. Their arrangements are given below. Choose the correct
arrangement.
(a) rolling, static, sliding
(b) rolling, sliding, static
(c) static, sliding, rolling
(d) sliding, static, rolling
Answer.
(c) static, sliding, rolling.

Question 3.
Alida runs her toy car on the dry marble floor, wet marble floor, newspaper, and towel
spread on the floor. The force of friction acting on the car on different surfaces in
increasing order will be
(a) wet marble floor, dry marble floor, newspaper, and towel,
(b) newspaper, towel, dry marble floor, wet marble floor,
(c) towel, newspaper, dry marble floor, wet marble floor,
(d) wet marble floor, dry marble floor, towel, newspaper.
Answer.
(a) wet marble floor, dry marble floor, newspaper, and towel.

Question 4.
Suppose your writing desk is tilted a little. A book kept on it starts sliding down. Show
the direction of frictional force acting on it.
Answer.
The frictional force will act parallel to the inclined surface, opposite to the direction of
the sliding of the book.

Question 5.
You spill a bucket of soapy water on a marble floor accidentally. Would it make it easier
or more difficult for you to walk on the floor? Why?
Answer.
It is difficult to walk on a soapy floor because a soapy floor applies very little friction
and hence we can slip on such floors.

Question 6.
Explain why sportsmen use shoes with spikes.
Answer.
Sportsmen use shoes with spikes because spikes produce the desired frictional force
and thus help in holding the ground firmly.

Question 7.
Iqbal has to push a lighter box and Seema has to push a similar heavier box on the
same floor. Who will have to apply a larger force and why?
Answer.
We know that the force of friction is increased if the two surfaces are pressed harder. A
heavier box will apply more pressure on the floor and hence Seema will experience
more frictional force.

Question 8.
Explain why sliding friction is less than static friction.
Answer.
Friction is caused by the interlocking of irregularities in the two surfaces. When the
object starts sliding, the contact points on its surface, do not get enough time to lock
into the contact points of the other surface. So, the sliding friction is slightly smaller
than the static friction.

Question 9.
Give examples to show that friction is both a friend and a foe.
Answer.

Friction is both friend and foe, that is why it is said that friction is a necessary evil.

1. Friction as a friend:

• To hold a glass, we have ridges on our palm, which increase the friction between
palm and glass.
• We are able to write anything with a pen or pencil because there is friction
between the surfaces of paper and the point of a pen (nib) or pencil.
• A teacher can write on the blackboard with chalk because of the friction between
the black-board surface and the chalk.
• If there is no friction, then a moving body would never stop.
• A nail could not be fixed in the wall, or a knot could not Be tied, had there been any
friction.
• No building could be constructed without friction.

2. Friction as a foe:

• Friction wears out materials, whether they are screws, ball-bearings, or soles of
shoes.
• Friction can also produce heat, which increases the wear and tear of machine
parts. It also causes much wastage of energy, because this heat is not utilized.

Question 10.
Explain why objects moving in fluids must have special shapes.
Answer.
Birds and the fishes have to move about in fluids all the time. Thus, their “bodies have
evolved to shapes which make them not to lose much energy in overcoming fluid
friction. Such shapes are called streamlined. Cars are also designed so that their
shapes resemble the streamlined shapes of birds, fishes, etc.

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