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level: Forces and Free Body Force Diagrams

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level questions: Forces and Free Body Force Diagrams

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What are Contact and Non-Contact Forces?A Contact force has two things Touching [Pushing or Pulling] Non-Contact Forces has two things not touching
Examples of Contact and Non-Contact ForcesFriction and Air Resistance are examples of Contact Forces Electrostatics and Gravitational Forces are not examples of Contact Forces
What is a Interaction pair?This is a pair of equal and opposite forces acting on two thing. Also known as a example of Newton's 3rd Law
Give an Example of a Interaction pair with a wall and yourself?If you push against it, the wall will push back, which will lead to you not getting through. The force on the person and the wall equal and opposite
What is the Resultant Force and give an Example?The Resultant Force is the overall Force on a object. If a ball falls with a Weight of 16N but has Air Resistance of 4N, The Resultant Force would be Weight with a Magnitude of 12N meaning the ball would go downwards
Is Force a Scalar or a VectorThey are a Vector. They have Magnitude and Direction
What is a zero resultant force meaning? Give an Example of a banana and a chair.This means the Forces are Balanced out. The Banana is on a Chair. Its Weight is 7N but the non-contact force is also 7N. 7-7=0.
What is a Non-Zero Resultant Force. Give an example of a car accelerating.This means the forces are unbalanced. A car accelerating means its Thrust will be greater then the Drag equalling acceleration. However the weight and the non-contact is still balanced, so the car is not flying/sinking