STRUCTURES

1. FORCES
Look at these images. What do they have in
common?
In all three
images, forces
act.

A force is an influence that can change the motion of an

object.
A force is not something that an object contains or ‘has
in it’. Forces can be described as a push or pull on an
object.

A force is exerted on one object by another.

The idea of a force is not limited to living things or non-

living things. All objects (living and non-living) can apply
a force on or to another object; also all objects (living It is measured in the SI unit
and non living) can be affected by forces. of newton (N).

The magnet exerts a force of

Force is represented by the
attraction on metal objects.
symbol F.
The are two types of
force:
· Contact force
· Non-contact force
 To represent a force, a vector is used: a
geometric representation similar to an
arrow.

Force A is less than force B and both Force A is the same as force B, force A is greater than force B and
act in the same direction and acting in the same direction and they act in different directions and
direction. opposite direction. senses.
ACTIVITIES

1. It describes three examples of forces: friction, gravity, applied,

drag, spring, magnetic, tension, buoyant.

2. Draw how the forces of the previous activity act.

3. Now, draw how you think the magnet's attraction vector is

drawn.