contact and non contact forces

Cards (11)

  • force is a vector - magnitude and direction
  • a scalar is only magnitude
  • vector qualities consists of force, velocity, displacement, acceleration and momentum
  • scalar consists of speed, distance, mass temperature and time
  • the length of an arrow shows magnitude, direction shows direction of quantity
  • a contact force is when two objects have to be touching for a force to act
  • a contact force is friction, air resistance, tension
  • a non contact force is when objects do not need to be touching for a force to act
  • a non contact force is magnetic force, gravitational force, electrostatic force
  • when objects interact , there is a force produced on both objects
  • an interaction pair is a pair of forces that are equal and opposite and act on two interacting objects