Types of Forces

Are forces applied when the objects involved are in direct contact.

• Contact forces

• Normal forces

• action-at-a-distance forces

When a body moves another.

• Normal force

• Friction

• Elastic

• Pushing or pulling

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State of a body when external forces are applied to it.

• Normal force

• Elasticity

• Tension

• Push or pull

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Force with which objects tend to return to its original state after being stretched or compressed by an external force.

• Push or pull

• Tension

• Elasticity

• Friction

Generated between two bodies in contact with each other by resistance to rubbing between them.

• Push or pull

• Tension

• Elasticity

• Friction

Is the force usually exerted by a surface on an object that is resisting against it.

• Friction

• Normal force

• Elasticity

• Tension

Is the force of attraction that the body with mass exerts on another.

• Tension

• Push or pull

• Gravity

• Normal force

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Is a charge represented by a plus sign (+)

• Positive charge

• Negative charge

• Neutral charge

Is a charge represented by a minus sign (-)

• Positive charge

• Negative charge

• Neutral charge

When the object is _______has the same positive and negative charge in atoms.

• Positive

• Negative

• Neutral

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