Extra Explaining Question - FRICTION

FRICTION

  1. Briefly explain how friction lowers the efficient of a machine.

  2. Explain why a rotating wonder wheel becomes hot after a sudden stop.

  3. In which instances do you think friction is not useful? Give four reasons.

  4. From our experience, it is more difficult to push or pull an object to get it moving than it is to keep it moving. Explain why?

  5. Explain four methods of reducing friction.

  6. Explain why the coefficient of static friction is larger than the coefficient of kinetic friction?

  7. Why does as streamlined car use fuel more efficiently than another similar car experiences larger air resistance forces?

  8. Briefly explain three causes of friction.

  9. A trolley moving at a uniform speed on a horizontal bench slows down when a lump of plasticine dropped vertically sticks to it. As physicist explain to your friend why trolley slows down.

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