A force can be defined as any action that makes or tries to move, stop or alter the speed of a body in a given direction. TYPES OF FORCE There are two types of force namely: Contact force Non-contact CONTACT FORCE These are forces which sources are in contact with the body to which […]
In the school and at home, we see many moving things. We move about on our legs, vehicles move on roads, trains on the rails, aeroplanes fly in the sky and ships sail on the seas. Movement occurs when a force is applied on a thing or object. That is, force causes things to move.
Force is a push or a pull. Force is therefore that which changes a body’s state of motion or shape. The SI unit for force is Newton (N). It is a vector quantity. It is represented by the following symbol. Types of forces Gravitational force–this is the force of attraction between two bodies of