Contact And Non-Contact Forces

Cards (5)

  • A force is a push or a pull that acts on an object due to the interaction with another object
  • All forces between objects are either:
    • contact forces -the objects are physically touching
    • non-contact forces - the objects are physically separated
  • contact forces:
    • friction
    • air resistance
    • tension
    • normal contact force
  • non-contact force:
    • gravitational force
    • electrostatic force
    • magnetic force
  • force is a vector quantity