Contact vs. NonContact Forces

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A force is a push or

upon an object resulting from its interaction with another object.

Multiple Choice

What is the significance of understanding forces in our daily lives?

• To predict weather patterns

• To understand motion and stability

• To calculate financial budgets

• To improve language skills

Open Ended

Explain the difference between contact and noncontact forces with examples.

Multiple Choice

What is required for a contact force to have an effect on an object?

• Touching or connected

• Separated by distance

• In the same field

• Opposite directions

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of a contact force?

• A bat hitting a ball

• Gravity pulling an apple

• Magnetic attraction

• Electric field

Open Ended

Please provide a couple more examples of a contact force on your own.

Open Ended

Explain the difference between contact and non-contact forces with examples.

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Non-contact forces work over a

or a field of influence.

Multiple Choice

What is an example of a non-contact force?

• Friction

• Tension

• Gravity

• Normal force

Multiple Choice

What type of force is demonstrated by a skydiver falling through the air?

• Contact force

• Non-contact force

• Frictional force

• Tension force

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A force that acts at the point of contact between two objects is called a

force.

Open Ended

Explain the difference between contact and noncontact forces.

Multiple Choice

What is a force?

• A push or pull upon an object resulting from the object's interaction with another object

• A type of energy

• A state of rest

• A form of matter

Open Ended

Explain how magnetism acts as a non-contact force.

Multiple Choice

A contact force is from

• touching objects

• far apart objects

• not touching object

• always a pull

Multiple Choice

A non-contact force is between

• two objects that aren't touching

• two objects that are touching

• the ground and wheels

• you and me

Multiple Choice

The three examples pictured are of

• Non-contact Forces

• Contact Forces

Multiple Choice

The force between the phone and the mount is a

• contact force

• non-contact force

Multiple Choice

The force between the two people through the rope is

• Contact Pull

• Non-contact Pull

• Contact Push

• Non-contact Push

Multiple Choice

Gravity is a

• Contact Force

• Myth

• Non-contact Force

Multiple Choice

Friction is a

• Contact Force

• Myth

• Non-contact Force