Force Types

What types of forces are exerted only between objects that are touching?

• Contact forces

• Normal forces

• Distance forces

What is a force?

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What do forces do?

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What force holds the planets in motion around the sun?

• Applied

• Electrical
• Gravitational
• Air Resistance

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What force ultimately slows the roller coaster to a stop?

• Applied
• Normal
• Friction
• Magnetic

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This type of force is when one object pushes or pulls on another object through contact

• applied

• gravity

• magnetic

• tension

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Jenny decided to move her dresser across her room to the opposite wall. She tried pushing it, but found that the dresser would not move. What force prevented Jenny from moving her dresser?

• gravity

• normal force

• tension force

• frictional force

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What force is exerted on you when you stand on a bathroom scale? 

•  Applied Force
• Normal Force
• Gravitational Force
•  Electrical Force

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What type of force is generated between two bodies in contact with each other attempting to slide past each other?

• Applied

• Tension

• Static Electrical

• Friction

A rolling ball will slow down until it finally stops. What slows down and stops the ball?

• gravity

• solar winds

• friction

• the fact that nobody is pushing the ball forward anymore

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