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What is the definition of the word gravity?
The force that attracts anything toward the center of the earth.
What is the definition of a contact force?
A push or a pull on one object by another object that is touching it
What is the definition of a non-contact force?
a force which acts upon an object without coming in physical contact
what is the force when a softball falls?
gravity
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.
What is the definition of applied force?
force that is applied to an object by a person or another object.
What is an example of a contact force?
spring, tension, friction, buoyant, normal, and applied force
What is the definition of gravity?
the force that pulls anything toward the ground
what is the force in tug-a-war?
tension
What kind of force is Buoyant force?
contact
What is the definition of magnetic force?
Mechanical force exerted from a magnetic field to a magnetic pole
What is the definition of a normal force?
Exerted upon an object that is in contact with another stable object
What is the non contact force?
tension, electric force, or applied force
electric force
what is the force if a ball stops rolling?
fricction
What kind of force is a Normal force?
contact
What is the definition of tension?
A state of being stretched tight
What is the definition of spring force?
force that causes the spring to rebound
what is a magnetic force?
Magnet
What is the force when lighting strikes?
electric force
what kind of force is magnetic force?
Non-contact
What is the definition of a buoyant force
the upward force exerted by any fluid upon a body placed in it
Which is the contact force?
Gravity, friction, or Magnetic force
friction
What is an example of a non-contact force?
electric, magnetic force, and gravity
what is the force when a kid is floating in water?
buoyant force
What kind of force is gravity?
Non-contact