Contact and Non-Contact Forces Flashcards
How many contact forces are there?
6
How many non-contact forces are there?
3
What is this force:
Air particles push on an object against the direction of motion.
Drag/Air Resistance
What is this force:
Pulled or stretched object exerts tension force on the object pulling it.
Tension
What is this force:
Charged objects will attract or repel depending if the charges are like or opposite.
Electrostatic
What is this force:
Is the force exerted by a compressed or stretched spring upon any object attached to it.
Spring
What is this force:
Attracts or repels depending on the poles.
Magnetism
What is this force:
Is experienced by any mass in a gravitational field
Gravity
What is this force:
A force that is applied to an object by a person or object.
Applied
What is this force:
Occurs in the opposite motion between 2 surfaces that are sliding.
Friction
What is this force:
The force that acts in the opposite direction to