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What Are Forces

This document discusses different types of forces. It explains that there are several types of forces including gravity, magnetism, friction, and upthrust. Gravity and magnetism can act over distances while friction and upthrust require direct contact. Forces can be balanced, like the equal forces from two wind machines pushing on a stationary ice skater, or unbalanced, which would cause the skater to accelerate if only one machine was pushing. Unbalanced forces result in changes to an object's speed or direction of motion.

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What Are Forces

This document discusses different types of forces. It explains that there are several types of forces including gravity, magnetism, friction, and upthrust. Gravity and magnetism can act over distances while friction and upthrust require direct contact. Forces can be balanced, like the equal forces from two wind machines pushing on a stationary ice skater, or unbalanced, which would cause the skater to accelerate if only one machine was pushing. Unbalanced forces result in changes to an object's speed or direction of motion.

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What are forces?

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Push and pull

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Types of forces
All forces involve interactions
between objects. There are
several different types.
Gravity and magnetism
are forces that can act over
distances.
Friction and upthrust are
forces that involve direct
contact between objects.
All types of forces can occur whether objects are still or moving.
What forces are acting during this rocket launch?
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Forces affecting objects

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Forces changing an objects shape

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Balanced forces

There are two wind machines applying forces to the ice skater.
The forces acting on the skater are equal in magnitude and
opposite in direction.
The forces are balanced, so they cancel each other out.
The skater does not move.
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Unbalanced forces

What if only one wind machine is blowing on the skater?


The forces acting on her are no longer balanced so she
will start to move to the left. Her speed will change this
is called acceleration.
Unbalanced forces lead to a change in speed or direction.
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Measuring forces

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