Force

influence that causes an object to change motion

The Force
In physics, a force is an interaction that causes an affected object to be pushed or
pulled in a certain direction. This results in an alteration to the state of the object's
momentum. Forces causes objects to accelerate, add to the object's
overall pressure, change direction, or change shape. The strength of a force is
measured in Newtons (N). There are four fundamental forces in physics.

A force is always a push, pull, or a twist, and it affects objects by pushing them up,
pulling them down, pushing them to a side, or by changing their motion or shape in
some other way.
Newton's Second LawEdit

According to Newton's Second Law of Motion, the formula for finding force is:

where   is the force, 

 is the mass of an object, 

and   is the acceleration of the object.

This formula says that when there is a force on an object then it will move faster
and faster. If the force is weak and the object is heavy, then it will take a long time
to increase the speed very much, but if the force is strong and the object is light,
then it will move a lot faster very quickly.
Weight
Gravity is an acceleration. Everything that has a mass is being pulled toward the
Earth because of that acceleration. This pull is a force called weight.

One can take the equation above and change   to the standard gravity g, then
a formula about the gravity on earth can be found:

where   is the weight of an object, 

 is the mass of an object, 

and   is the acceleration due to gravity at sea level. It is about  .

This formula says that when you know the mass of an object, then you can
calculate how much force there is on the object because of gravity. You must be on
earth to use this formula. If you are on the moon or another planet, then you can
use the formula but g will be different.
Force is a vector, so it can be stronger or weaker and it can also point in
different directions. Gravity always points down into the ground (if you are not in
space).
Gravitational forceEdit

Another equation that says something about gravity is:

 is force;   is the gravitational constant, which is used to show how

gravity accelerates an object;   is the mass of one object;   is the mass

of the second object; and   is the distance between the objects.
This equation is used to calculate how the earth moves around the sun and how the
moon moves around the earth. It is also used to calculate how other planets, stars
and objects in space move around.

The equation says that if two objects are very heavy then there is a strong force
between them because of gravity. If they are very far apart then the force is
weaker.