What is Force?

What is a force?

An object at rest does not move unless

Once in motion, the object will continue moving until

An object with a large mass has

• more inertia than an object with a smaller mass

• less inertia than an object with a smaller mass

What are contact forces?

What is an example of a contact force?

• Gravitational force

• Normal force

• Tension

• Electrical force

What is an example of a normal force?

• Riding a bike

• Playing tug of war

• ice skating

• a cup on a table

What are action- at- a- distance forces?

What is an example of an action- at- a- distance force?

• tension

• normal force

• magnetic force

• friction

What is mass?

• A force that exists between two object.

• The amount of matter that something contains.

• A force that acts on an object.

• A push or a pull.