The document defines different types of forces:
- Applied forces act on objects due to direct contact from another object or person. Gravity pulls objects with mass towards each other. Normal forces prevent objects from passing through surfaces they contact. Friction resists the motion of surfaces in contact and sliding against each other. Spring forces restore compressed or stretched springs back to equilibrium. Drag forces resist the motion of objects moving through fluids. Magnetic, electric, and inertia forces also act on charged or moving objects. Newton's First Law of Motion describes inertia, where objects at rest stay at rest and objects in motion stay in motion with constant velocity unless acted on by unbalanced forces.