Force
Force
-A push or pull acting upon an
object as a result of its
interaction with another object.
-It can even be the smallest
type of motion.
-It can move or stop objects.
-It produces changes in motion.
-It can change the shape and
size of an object.
-It acts on objects.
Newton
-It is the SI (Système
Internationale) unit of Force;
Expressed as capital N.
Force is a vector quantity,
meaning it has both
magnitude and direction and
it’s also the reason why force
comes in pairs.
Cardinal directions (North,
South, East, and West) are
used in identifying or
determining the direction of a
force.
Types of Forces
Contact Forces- It’s when
interacting objects are
directly touching.
Examples of Contact Forces:
1. Applied Force- From the
word itself, It’s a force
applied by a person or
another object.
2. Frictional Force- It is a
force that’s created when
two surfaces sliding over
each other oppose.
3. Spring Force- It is a force
that causes objects such as
metals to compress or
stretch or it is not in its
normal/relaxed state
wherein no force is applied.
4. Tension Force- A force
made when an object
stretched under an applied
force is stressed. 3.Gravitational Force- It is the
5. Normal Force- It is a force force that pulls objects with
present in surfaces that mass towards each other
prevents objects on them wherein as the mass of either
from passing through which object increases, the
causes no movement of the Gravitational Force also
object. increases and the other way
around.
Non-Contact Forces- It’s Balanced Force- These are
when interacting objects the forces that have the
aren’t directly touching. same amount that interact
Examples of Non-contact with an object wherein as a
Forces: result, the object doesn’t
1. Magnetic Force- It occurs move.
when two charged objects Unbalanced Force- These
move in the same are unequal forces applied
direction which causes to an object wherein as a
attraction and vice versa. result, the object moves.
To clarify, Like poles Net Force- It is the total
oppose each other amount of forces applied to
because their lines of an object.
force are in opposite Operations in Solving Net
directions and the other Forces:
way around. Same Direction- Addition
2. Electrostatic Force- It is Opposite Direction-
the force present in Subtraction
objects that’re electrically Note: In solving opposite
charged or at rest. directions of forces, The
direction of the final force is
the stronger one.