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Non-contact forces

Field forces:

  • Non-contact forces acting over a distance.

  • Repulsion and attraction

  • Examples:

    gravitational field and magnetic field.

Gravitational force:

  • Causes objects to fall towards Earth and prevents us from falling off the planet.

  • Exits between any two objects with mass.

  • Earth’s gravitational pull pulls everything downwards towards Earth’s center.

  • Stronger between objects due to greater mass and proximity.

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Non-contact forces

Field forces:

  • Non-contact forces acting over a distance.

  • Repulsion and attraction

  • Examples:

    gravitational field and magnetic field.

Gravitational force:

  • Causes objects to fall towards Earth and prevents us from falling off the planet.

  • Exits between any two objects with mass.

  • Earth’s gravitational pull pulls everything downwards towards Earth’s center.

  • Stronger between objects due to greater mass and proximity.

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