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Class 8 Holiday Assignment

The document outlines a physics homework assignment on the topics of force, pressure, and friction for Class 8. It includes two levels of multiple choice questions testing concepts from chapters 11, 12 and 15. It also includes short answer and numerical problems at higher levels requiring students to explain concepts, define terms, calculate pressures and forces, and make inferences about force interactions and charge properties. The assignment is due on August 17th, 2022.

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Class 8 Holiday Assignment

The document outlines a physics homework assignment on the topics of force, pressure, and friction for Class 8. It includes two levels of multiple choice questions testing concepts from chapters 11, 12 and 15. It also includes short answer and numerical problems at higher levels requiring students to explain concepts, define terms, calculate pressures and forces, and make inferences about force interactions and charge properties. The assignment is due on August 17th, 2022.

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DPS – MODERN INDIAN SCHOOL, DOHA – QATAR

HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT 2022-23


CLASS: VIII
SUBJECT: PHYSICS
LAST DATE OF SUBMISSION: 17/08/2022

CHAPTER 11: FORCE AND PRESSURE


CHAPTER 12: FRICTION
CHAPTER 15: SOME NATURAL PHENOMENA

LEVEL 1
1. The below figure shows a container filled with water. Which of the
following statements is correct about pressure of water?

(a) Pressure at A> Pressure at B> Pressure at C


(b) Pressure at A=Pressure at B=Pressure at C
(c) Pressure at A< Pressure at B>Pressure at C
(d) Pressure at A< Pressure at B < Pressure at C
2. The pressure on an object _______ with the increase in altitude
from earth surface
(a) Increase (b) decrease
(c) same (d) None
3. Which one of these characteristics does a rough surface has?
(a) Less frictional force
(b) More frictional force
(c) Sometimes less and sometimes more force
(d) All of above
4. Ball bearing helps to ___________
(a) Increase friction
(b) Reduce friction
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None
5. A glass rod rubbed with a silk cloth acquired a positive charge. This
happened because:
(a) The glass rod acquired extra protons from the silk.
(b) The silk acquired extra protons on rubbing.
(c) New protons were created on the glass rod while rubbing.
(d) The glass rod lost electrons to the silk cloth during rubbing.
6. SI unit of pressure is __________.
7. Electrostatic force is a _____ force.
8. The larger the area over a force acts, the _______ is the pressure.
9. The air pressure on your body is equal to ________ pressure.
10. The frictional force on an object in a fluid depends on its _______
and _______.
11. Neutrons carry ____ charge.

LEVEL 2

1. Give reasons:
a) Atom as a whole is electrically neutral.
b) A pencil will write on paper, but not on glass
c) Deep sea divers need to wear specially designed suits.
d) The handles of motor cycle are covered with a rubber sheet with
spike.
2. Give answer in one word:
a) Force that requires two bodies in a physical contact.
b) Instrument used to measure liquid pressure.
c) The force that keep the Earth revolving around the sun.
d) A variable that does not have any effect on the frictional force.
3. Distinguish between:
a) Contact force and non-contact force
b) Gravitational force and electrostatic force
c) Static friction and rolling friction
4. Define the following:
a) Limiting friction
b) Ion
c) pressure
5. What is the cause of friction?
6. A plastic comb when rubbed with hair can attract piece of paper.
Name force and its nature?
7. Write any two advantages and disadvantages of friction.
8. Find the net force acting on the following pictures. Also write
whether it is balanced or unbalanced force.
9. A woman is applying 500 N/m2 of pressure onto a door with her
hand. Her hand has area 0.04 m2. Find the force being applied.

LEVEL 3

1. Two persons are applying forces on two opposite sides of a


moving cart. The cart still moves with the same speed in the same
direction. What do you infer about the magnitudes and direction
of the forces applied?
2. Friction is a self-adjusting force. Comment on it.
3. Find the pressure exerted by a force of 340 N on an area of 50 cm2.
Find the answer in SI unit.
4. The area of the television in contact with the table is 950cm². The
pressure on the table is 2000 N/m². Find the weight exerted by the
television on the table.
5. A negatively charged object repels another charged object kept
close to it. What is the nature of charge on the other object?

6. Why a copper rod cannot be charged by friction if held by hand?

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