Contact and Non-Contact Forces

• What are contact forces?

  The objects are touching
• What are non-contact forces?

  The objects are not touching
• When does a force occur?

  When two or more objects interact
• What are the 5 contact forces that you need to know?

  Friction , Air resistance (drag) , Tension , Upthrust , Normal Contact force - This can be remembered with the acronym FAUNT
• What are the 3 Non-contact forces you need to know?

  Gravitational force (Gravity), Electrostatic force , Magnetic Force -This can be remembered with the acronym GEM