Contact And Non-contact Forces Flashcards

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Contact forces

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Contact forces are forces that act between two objects that are physically touching each other

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Examples include:

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Reaction force
Tension
Friction
Air resistance

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Non-contact forces

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Non-contact forces are forces that act between two objects that are not physically touching each other.

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Examples of non-contact forces include:

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Magnetic field
Electrostatic force (A force of attraction between particles with opposite charges.)
Gravitational force

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