Question

List 10 Advantages of Friction‎

Answer 1

Friction helps us in many ways:
1. It helps in motion of vehicles.
2. It helps in stopping the vehicles when breaks are applied.
3. It helps in generating heat when we rub hands in winter.
4. It helps us in walking
5.It helps us in turning the papers while reading
6. It helps in writing on the backboard.

Answer 2

The resistance one surface encounters when moving over another is called as friction.

There are many advantage of friction in our everyday life in which ten of them are given below,

1. We cannot "walk on a slippery road" or ice due to "low friction".
2. We cannot "fix nail in the wood" or wall if "there is no friction".
3. A horse can only pull the cart due to friction between his foothold and surface.
4. We need friction to walk and dance.
5. The friction helps machines to work easily.
6. On the railway track, the small stones and dust induce friction and help to cover distance easily.
7. The friction from the rubbing of palm creates heat in human.
8. Writing, drawing, and painting in the paper are also due to friction.
9. The motion of automobiles.
10. The heating of car engine where the heating is very important for working of engine.