Question

In the frozen northern regions of Canada, the Eskimos wear large snowshoes that help them to walk on freshly fallen snow.
A) True
B) False
C) Ambiguous
D) Data insufficient

Answer 1

A quality of an object flotation can be used to explain about the working of snowshoes on a freshly fallen snow in the frozen northern regions of Canada. This property helps in distributing the weight of the object evenly on the large area.

Complete step by step solution:
A shoe having a flat sole works by distributing the weight of the person evenly over a large area. In the frozen northern regions of Canada, the freshly fallen snow is so soft, that it makes it difficult for a person to walk on it. A snowshoe helps the person to walk on this soft snow filled surface. A snowshoe also distributes the total weight of the person over a large area. This will result in the foot of the person not sinking in the snow (neither a small part of the foot is sink nor completely foot is sink). The quality which is used here is known as ‘flotation’.

Hence option (A) is true.

Additional Information: Flotation is a quality of an object which is related to the buoyancy. This quality is related to the distribution of the weight of the object which makes the object float on the surface. Such as tires and snowshoes.

Note: Here the property of flotation is used which means that the weight of the object is evenly distributed on the surface (solid surface or semi solid surface). This flotation is not related with that floating which happens upon the liquids.