Exploring Contact and Non-Contact Forces in GCSE Physics

What is the unit of measurement for force?

• Pascals

• Newtons

• Watts

• Joules

Which of the following is a characteristic of a vector quantity?

• Neither magnitude nor direction

• Both magnitude and direction

• Only direction

• Only magnitude

What is the key difference between contact and non-contact forces?

• Contact forces are stronger

• Non-contact forces are always attractive

• Contact forces act through empty space

• Contact forces involve touching, non-contact forces do not

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

• Electrostatic force

• Friction

• Magnetic force

• Gravitational force

What is the normal contact force also known as?

• Electrostatic force

• Magnetic force

• Reaction force

• Gravitational force

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Which of the following is a non-contact force?

• Air resistance

• Tension

• Gravitational force

• Friction

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What happens to the strength of non-contact forces as objects move further apart?

• It fluctuates

• It remains the same

• It decreases

• It increases

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What type of force is gravity?

• Neither

• Attractive

• Repulsive

• Both attractive and repulsive

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What determines whether magnetic forces are attractive or repulsive?

• The poles of the magnets

• The mass of the objects

• The charge of the objects

• The distance between objects

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Electrostatic forces act between which types of objects?

• Magnetic objects

• Charged objects

• Neutral objects

• Massive objects

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