Force
Forces and Motion
| Electricity and Magnetism
Two groups of forces
Physics Narrative
for 5-11
11-14
Different kinds of forces
Your teaching is likely to concentrate on frictional forces, gravity, and magnetic forces. But you'd not want to confuse these with other forces, so there is a complete list here, to help you keep them separate.
Some forces represent how the environment can support a thing:
- Compression force (a warp force).
- Tension force (a warp force).
- Buoyancy.
Frictional forces represent how motion through an environment can be reduced, or prevented:
- Grip.
- Slip.
- Drag.
Non-contact forces – allow remote parts of the environment to affect a thing:
- Gravity force.
- Magnetic force.
- Electric force.
