2. INTRODUCTION
Force causes a change in an object's motion.
An object may speed up, slow down, or change
direction in response to a force. Objects are
pushed or pulled by forces acting on them.
Forces are in play all around us. Things
hanging, sitting, balancing, moving and
spinning are all using some kind of force.
Forces come in different forms and they all
result in something.
3. TYPES OF FORCES
There are many types of forces. E.g:
Mass
Weight
Gravity
Balanced force
Unbalanced force
Air Resistence
Etc.
4. MASS
Mass is a property of a physical body.
Mass is the quantity of inertia possessed by an object or
the proportion between force and acceleration referred
to in Newton's Second Law of Motion.
Mass is measured in kilograms, kg, or grams. Things
that have a big mass are harder to move, or harder to
stop than objects with little mass.
5. WEIGHT
The force with which a body is attracted to Earth or another
celestial body, equal to the product of the object's mass and
the acceleration of gravity.
It equals the mass of the body multiplied by the
acceleration of free fall. Its units are units of force but it is
often given as a mass unit. Symbol: W
6. GRAVITY
Gravity is the natural force that causes things to fall
toward the earth.
Gravity, also called gravitation, is a force that exists
among all material objects in the universe.
Gravity operates on objects of all sizes, from subatomic
particles to clusters of galaxies. It also operates over all
distances, no matter how small or great.
7. BALANCED FORCE
Balanced forces are two forces acting in
opposite directions on an object, and equal in
size.
Balanced forces are forces that are not
moving or moving at a constant speed.
Balanced forces do not cause a change in
motion.
8. UNBALANCED FORCE
Unbalanced forces are those forces when
two forces acting on an object are not equal
in size.
If forces are unbalanced then an acceleration
or deceleration occurs.
Forces that cause a change in the motion of
an object are unbalanced forces.
9. AIR RESISTENCE
Air resistance is the friction that objects
experience as they move through an
atmosphere made up of air.
Air resistence slows a moving object down. A
parachute uses air resistence to slow it
down.
10. CONCLUSION
A force results from the interaction between
two objects. A force can be defined as a push
or a pull which acts upon an object as a result
of its interaction with another object. In other
words when two objects interact, the forces
they exert on one another are equal and
opposite.