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Key Stage 2
Meaning
Contact forces are forces that only act when two objects are touching each other. Non-contact forces are forces that can act even if the objects are not touching.
About Contact and Non-contact Forces
- Most forces are contact forces.
- Pushing a door
- Pulling a rope
- Friction
- Squeezing or squashing an object.
- Only a few forces are Non-contact forces
- Magnetism
- Weight or Gravity