1. It is common practice to put oil in a car and to change the cars oil once in a while.

Why do cars need oil? Ans: You add oil to a cars engine so that the moving parts slide or turn with less friction.

Ans b and d 3. If the force squeezing two surfaces together is decreased, the force of friction between the two surfaces will most likely a. increase. b. decrease. c. stay about the same. Ans : b. Decrease [bcoz The greater the force squeezing two surfaces together, the greater the friction force.] 4. Name three devices or inventions that are designed to decrease friction. Ans: a) Ball bearings. b) Layers of oil. c) Coatings of Teflon. d) Thin bladed ice skating boots which pressure melt the ice to provide a layer of water to slide on. 5. Name three devices or inventions that are designed to increase friction. Ans : a) Soft Rubber soles on climbing boots. b) Brake pads. c) Friction is what makes nails hard to pull out, and what gives nails the strength to hold things together.

6. True or false: A well oiled machine has no friction. Explain your answer. Ans: False: Because Lubricants reduce friction in machines. Which means that while friction isnt as high as it would be if there wasnt any oil, there is still some friction? 7. A box is sliding across the floor from left to right. Which diagram correctly shows the force of friction acting on the box?

Ans: (D) 8.True or false: Friction makes energy vanish. Explain your answer. Ans : False. No it cannot make energy vanish, it only slows it. 9. TRUE OR FALSE? Electronic machines with no moving parts experience friction and get hot because electricity is moving through wires? Ans : False. 10. Water is useful for reducing friction between objects. However, you also learned that (due to friction) moving water causes rough rocks to become smooth. How can this be? Ans : Each time two moving surfaces touch each other, tinybits of material are broken off by friction. Breaking off bits of material uses energy. Sharp corners and edges are rounded off and flat surfaces may be scratched or even polished smooth and shiny. This is why water flowing over stones in a stream causes the stones to be rounded and smooth.