GCSE Physics – Contact and non-contact forces

Last updated: 19/07/2021
Edexcel GCSE Science – Physics foundation Motion and forces GCSE Physics – Contact and non-contact forces

Learning Objectives

-I can give examples of contact and non-contact forces
-I can represent the forces acting on an object as vectors
-I can calculate the resultant force on an object

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  1. What is a force?

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  2. Why do forces occur?

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  3. What type of quantity is force?

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  4. What are the two types of forces?

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  5. What are contact forces?

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  6. What are non-contact forces?

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  7. What do non-contact forces involve?

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  8. What type of force is the gravitational force?

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  9. What type of force is tension?

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  10. What type of force is the magnetic force?

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  11. What type of force is friction?

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  12. What is the name of the force that counteracts gravity?

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  13. If an object is not moving up or down, what does gravity equal?

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  14. Give an example of fields which interact in a non-contact force

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  15. Give an example of fields which interact in a non-contact force.

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  16. Give an example of fields which interact in a non-contact force.

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  17. What forces are present if an object is flying through the air?

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  18. What forces are present if an object pulls another?

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  19. What forces are acting on a pencil on a table?

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  20. If a force acts at an angle to an object, what do we do?

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  21. A number of forces can be replaced by a single force called what?

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  22. What does resolving the force mean?

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  23. What is the resultant force?

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  24. Two equal forces act oppositely away from each other. What is the resultant force?

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  25. What is the y component of a force that acts 5 N horizontally and 3 N vertically?

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  26. What is the x component of a force that acts 8.2 N horizontally and 1.8 N vertically?

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  27. If a force has 20 N and the vector arrow has a scale 1 mm per newton, how long should it be?

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  28. If a force has 40 N and the vector arrow has a scale 4 mm per newton, how long should it be?

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  29. If a 6 N force acts upwards and a 8 N force acts downwards, what is the resultant force?

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  30. If a 3 N force acts upwards and a 2.4 N force acts upwards, what is the resultant force?

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  31. If a 6.8 N force acts left and a 1.2 N force acts left, what is the resultant force?

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  32. If a 2.9 N force acts left and a 3.8 N force acts right, what is the resultant force?

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  33. Two forces, 3.4 N and 0.02 N, act to the right. What is the resultant force?

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  34. A force of 5 N acts to the right and a force of 3.24 N acts to the left. What is the resultant force?

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