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WHAT THE FORCE!

FORCES

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WE feel forces all the time but are not aware they are there

Forces that push and pull get things moving or slow them down are
easy to spot

But forces that holds things still and keep them balanced are less
obvious

A force is the action of one object on another object

A force is a push or pull which one object applies to another object.


Causing the object to start stop moving or change speed or direction
It can also cause an object to change shape
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Not the police force
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A force is a vector quantity. It has both magnitude (size and


strength)and direction. A scalar quantity only has size
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describe force, you must give both the size and the direction in
which it acts.

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Types of
force

Contact forces
Non contact forces
Contact forces

Hear this…
When two objects are joined together or are in
contact the forces are known as contact forces

Examples:
Frictional forces
Tension in strings,ropes,wires,springs
Normal reaction forces between objects in contact
with each other
Expansion force of compreesed spring
Expansion force of heated object
Upthrust force on floating object
Non Contact Forces
Non contact forces act over a distance
without any direct connection,the regions
over which they act are called fields.
gravity
Examples:
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Magnetic fields
of magnet and
electric currents.
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