CBSE

Academic Year 2023-24

Revision worksheet
NAME: GRADE: J/K
SUBJECT:PHYSICS SEC: VIII
TOPIC: Friction

A. 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. Sprinkling of powder on the carrom board ……………… friction.
5. Sliding friction is ……………….. than the static friction.
B. Tick .the Correct Option:
1. Four children were asked to arrange forces due to rolling, static and sliding
friction in a 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
2. Alida runs her toy car on 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
3. It is difficult to walk on ice because:
(a) pressure is high
(b) pressure is low
(c) friction is high
(d) friction is low
4. Friction can be increased by:
(a) making the surfaces smooth
(a) lubricating the surfaces

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(c) using ball bearings

(d) making the surfaces rough.

5.Complete the sentence. Friction always ____________

a. helps the motion
b. opposes the motion
c. both of these
d. none of these
6.Which one of these characteristics does a smooth surface has?
a. Less frictional force
b. More frictional force
c. Sometimes less and sometimes more force
d. All of above
7.Friction is a __________
a. Contact force
b. Non-contact force
c. Magnetic force
d. None of these
8. What kind of substances are known as lubricants
a. Increase friction
b. Decrease friction
c. Increase or decrease friction
d. None of these
9. Fluids are____
a. Gases
b. Liquids
c. Gases and liquids both
d. None of these
10.On what force of friction depends?
a. Smoothness of surface
b. Roughness of surface
c. Inclination of surface
d. Al of above
11.Friction is a /an_______
a. Evil
b. Foe
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. None
13. Lubricants ________
a. Increase friction
b. Reduce friction
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. None
14.Rolling friction is smaller than?
a. Sliding friction
b. Static friction
c. Fluid friction
d. All of the above
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15.The shape of the airplane is like a

a. Bird
b. Car
c. Dog
d. All
C. Answer the following questions in short:
1. 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.

2. You spill a bucket of soapy water on a marble floor accidently. Would it make it
easier or more difficult for you to walk on the floor? Why?
3. Explain why sportsmen use shoes with spikes.
4. 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?
5. Explain why sliding friction is less than static friction.

6. Give examples to show that friction is both a friend and a foe.

7. Explain why objects moving in fluids must have special shapes.
8. If there was no friction, what would happen to a moving object?
9. When you rub your hands together, they become warm. What is this due to?
D. State True or False:
1. Brakes on,cars will work best if the friction between the brake shoes and wheels is
reduced. ……………..
2. Friction causes wastage of energy. ………………
3. Friction of air makes the meteors burn. …………………
4. Oil is applied to machines to increase friction. ……………
E. Match the following:
‘A’ ‘B’
1. Sparks are produced when a pair of
a. To make them rough and increase
scissors is sharpened against a grinding
friction.
wheel.
2. A piece of chalk wears out as it is
b. Friction produces heat.
used on a blackboard.
3. Trolleys have wheels. c. Friction causes wear and tear.
4.The leather soles of new shoes are
d. Rolling reduces friction.
rubbed on a rough surface.

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F. Imagine that friction suddenly vanishes. How would life be affected. List ten
such situations.
G. Unjumbled the words and find the name of friction. You can take help from
clues given:
1. The friction uncountered by an object when it slides on a surface.
INGDILS

2. The friction encountered by a spherical on cylindrical object rolling on a surface.

LLGINOR

3. The friction existing between the two surfaces in contact there is no relative motion
between them.
TICATS

G. Numerical Analysis
1. Calculate the acceleration produced when a force of 100 N is applied to an object of
mass 50 kg.
2. 80 kg box is sliding across the table and now you are applying a force of 300N and
the kinetic friction is 200N. Calculate the acceleration produced in the box.
3. A box mass of 1000 kg is sliding across a cement floor. The force pushing the box
is 600 N and friction force between the box and the floor is 300N.What is the
acceleration of the box.

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