Question

State True or false.
Animals like camels walk easily in the desert as broad feet exert greater pressure on the sandy grounds.

Answer 1

Pressure exerted is directly proportional to the applied force and is inversely proportional to the area of contact. This is following Pascal’s Law of pressure.

Complete step by step answer:
Animals like camels have very broad feet. Sand usually gets a dig in when force is applied to it because of its unique structure. So, for a person or anybody to move on the sand, the structure must be somewhat of the kind that the pressure exerted by it is minimum. If the pressure is not minimum and if it increases beyond a certain threshold then the feet get stuck in the sand and the body is not able to move. Camels have wide feet and in accordance with Pascal’s law pressure is inversely proportional to the area. So wide feet have greater area and hence as such, the pressure gets decreased. So, the statement is False.

Additional information:
Relative to their respective masses, camels have proportionally more foot area than humans. This is an example of how pressure plays an important role in our everyday life.

Note: Also, when we compare camels with any human being and say both have equal weight, then both experience the same amount of gravitational force. But man has two limbs while on the other hand camels have four. So, in case of camels, the weight gets equally distributed in four limbs and hence camels find it easier to move than human beings.