Combined Science GCSE
Contact and non-contact forces
What Contact and non-contact forces means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Contact and non-contact forces
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Forces between objects are either contact forces, which require the objects to be touching, or non-contact forces, which act at a distance without touching.
Topics that use Contact and non-contact forces
- Contact and non-contact forces (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Action at a distance
- Attraction and repulsion
- Contact force
- Force
- Friction
- Gravity, electrostatics and magnetism
- Magnitude
- Paired forces
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