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1
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What do forces do?

A

Forces explain why objects move in the way they do or why they don’t move at all

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Describe a force

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You can’t see forces but you can see their effect

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Name 3 types of forces

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Contact force
Friction
Air resistance
Gravity
Reaction force
Magnetic force
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Describe what the force of gravity does

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Gravity is a non-contact force that pulls things down

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What is reaction force?

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The force that reacts against gravity with an equal amount of power

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What does upthrust do?

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Upthrust supports you when you float

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What is a non-contact force?

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A force that doesn’t require 2 things touching each other

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What is a contact force?

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A force that requires 2 things touching each other

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What are 2 types of non-contact forces?

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Gravity

Magnetic

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10
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How do you measure forces

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With a newton metre. It’s in newtons-surprising isn’t it

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What force stops us from constantly falling over

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Friction🎉

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What are unbalanced forces

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When one force is greater than another

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Force

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The ability to move stuff without touching them

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Force diagram

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A diagram showing the result of which force is stronger at a particular moment

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Interaction pairs

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Two forces acting against each othe

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Newtons

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The measurment of forces

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Newton metre

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The device you use to measure the strength of a force

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Deform

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A force that changes something’s shape

19
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Compress

A

Squeezing something to it’s limit

20
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Extension

A

Making something bigger

21
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Elastic limit

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The longest something can be stretched

22
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Hooke’s law

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the strain in a solid is proportional to the applied stress within the elastic limit of that solid.

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Balanced forces

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Equal forces

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Weight

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Mass x gravity

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Air resistance

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The force of air hitting something going fast

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Water resistance

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The force that helps things float

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Streamlined

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Something that can easily cut through air

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3 affects of forces

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Position, speed and shape

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Tension

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The level of weight hanging on something

30
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Resultant force

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The stronger force

31
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Thrust

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The force used to beat air resistance

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