This document discusses different types of forces:
1) Contact forces include muscular force, friction, and gravity. Muscular force is exerted by muscles, friction opposes motion between surfaces in contact, and gravity causes things to fall toward Earth.
2) Non-contact forces include magnetic force, electrostatic force, and pressure. Magnetic force pulls materials together without contact, electrostatic force is the attraction or repulsion between charged bodies, and pressure is the force applied per unit area.
3) Pressure increases with decreasing surface area or increasing depth in liquids, as the same force applied over a smaller area produces higher pressure. Liquids exert pressure on the bottom of their container that depends on the height of the liquid