Definitions
Contact Force
Non-Contact Force
Scenarios
Contact vs Non-contact
100

What is the definition of the word gravity?

The force that attracts anything toward the center of the earth.

100

What is the definition of a contact force?

A push or a pull on one object by another object that is touching it

100

What is the definition of a non-contact force?

a force which acts upon an object without coming in physical contact

100

what is the force when a softball falls?

gravity

100

what is the difference between contact and non-contact forces?

Contact forces cause one object to touch another. Non-contact forces dont touch each other.

200

What is the definition of applied force?

force that is applied to an object by a person or another object. 

200

What is an example of a contact force?

spring, tension, friction, buoyant, normal, and applied force

200

What is the definition of gravity?

the force that pulls anything toward the ground

200

what is the force in tug-a-war?

tension or applied will be accepted 

200

What kind of force is air resistance  force?

contact

300

What is the definition of magnetic force?

Mechanical force exerted from a magnetic field to a magnetic pole

300

What is the definition of a normal force?

Exerted upon an object that is in contact with another stable object

300

What is the non contact force?

tension, electric force, or applied force

electric force

300

what is the force if a ball stops rolling?

fricction

300

What kind of force is a Normal force?

contact

400

What is the definition of electrostatic force?

A force where electrically charged particles attract or repel

400

What is the definition of air resistance force?

a special type of frictional force that acts upon objects as they travel through the air 

400

what is a magnetic force?

Magnet

400

What is the force when lighting strikes?

electrostatic force

400

what kind of force is magnetic force?

Non-contact

500

What is the definition of a normal force

a force exerted upon an object that is in contact with another stable object. 

500

Which is the contact force?


Gravity, friction, or Magnetic force

friction

500

What is an example of a non-contact force?

electric, magnetic force, and gravity

500

what is the force when a kid is sitting at a desk?

normal force 

500

What kind of force is gravity?

Non-contact