Question

Look at the activity listed below. Reason out whether or not work is done in the light of your understanding of the term ‘work’.

Food grains are getting dried in the sun.

Answer 1

1. For work to be done, force applied and the displacement caused by it are the necessary conditions.
2. In the drying of the food grains, neither force is applied nor displacement is caused.
3. There is no physical motion and therefore, work is not done.