TYPE OF FORCE
Contact forces
Field forces
Laws of Motion Examples
100

happen when objects touch each other. When you kick a ball, open a door, or write with a pencil, your hands or feet must touch the object to make it move, stop, or change shape. 

What are contact forces?

100

A student kicks a soccer ball.

What is applied force?

100

An apple falls from a tree.

What is gravity?

100

A bus suddenly stops.

What is the First Law of Motion?

200

happen when two objects interact without touching each other. Field forces can create a push or a pull even at a distance.

What are field forces?

200

A child slides down a slide and slowly stops.

What is friction?

200

A magnet attracts a paper clip.

What is magnetism?

200

Pedaling a bicycle harder.

What is the Second Law of Motion?

300

 is a push or a pull on an object.

What is force?

300

A child holds a kite with a string.

What is tension?
300

A balloon rubbed on hair sticks to a wall.

What is electrostatic force?

300

A swimmer moves through the water.

What is the Third Law of Motion?

400

When you kick a ball, open a door, or write with a pencil, your hands or feet must touch the object to make it move, stop, or change shape.

What is contact force?

400

A book is resting on a table.

What is normal force?

400

Two magnets push away from each other.

What is magnetism?

400

A soccer ball stays still on the field until a player kicks it.

What is the First Law of Motion?

500

 can create a push or a pull even at a distance.

What is a field force?

500

A parachutist falls toward the ground.

What is air resistance?

500

A ball falls after being dropped.

What is gravity?

500

Pushing an empty shopping cart vs. a full shopping cart.

What is the Second Law of Motion?

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