Forces 3

Basic Science JSS1 Third Term

week 3

Forces 3

Performance Objectives:

The student should be able to:

  1. Explain the meaning of Forces
  2. Identify contact and non-contact forces

Content

Types of Forces

1. Contact force: This happens when two objects are physically in contact with one another, like lifting a bucket of water, examples are frictional force, spring force, applied force, etc.

2. Non-contact force: This happens when two objects are NOT in physical contact with one another, like two magnets, examples of non-contact force are gravitational force, nuclear force, magnetic force, etc.

 

     

Contact force                                  Non-contact force

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