It has both a uantity of magnitude and direction eg. velocity
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Are forces vectors or scarlars?
Vectors
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What is a contact force?
When the objects are actually touching, eg friction and tension
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What is a non-contact force?
When the objects are not touching eg. gravitational force
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What is mass related to?
The mass of an object is related to the amount of matter it contains and is constant.
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what is weight?
The forse acting on an object due to its gravity, the weight of an object depends on the grvitaional field strength where the object is adn is directly proportional to its mass.
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Weight =
mass x gravitational field strength (w=mg)
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What diagram to can be used to show the differnent forces acting on an object?
A free body diagram
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Card 2
Front
What is a vector?
Back
It has both a uantity of magnitude and direction eg. velocity
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