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General Physics1
Quarter 1 – Module 2:
Title: Contact and Noncontact
Forces
Science – Grade 12
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Quarter 1 – Module 2: Contact and Noncontact Forces
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General Physics1
Quarter 1 – Module 2:
Contact and Noncontact Forces
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 Lesson 2 – Contact and Noncontact Forces

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. define contact and noncontact forces

2. differentiate contact forces and noncontact forces
3. illustrate examples of contact and noncontact forces

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 What I Know

Read each problem or situations carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer
and write it on your answer sheet.

1. What is force?
a. pushing the object
b. pulling the object
c. pushing and pulling the object
d. doing nothing
2. Which of the following best describes the contact forces?
a. forces between same objects
b. forces between dissimilar objects
c. forces between objects that touch
d. forces between objects that do not touch
3. Which of the following best describes the non-contact forces?
a. forces between same objects
b. forces between dissimilar objects
c. forces between objects that touch
d. forces between objects that do not touch
4. Which of the following is the force that acts wherein two objects touch?
a. contact force
b. balanced force
c. non-contact force
d. unbalanced force
5. Which of the following force acts on the opposite’s direction of an objects in
motion?
a. gravitational force
b. buoyant force
c. friction force
d. normal force
6. Which of the following the sum of all the forces acting on an object?
a. contact force
b. balanced force
c. non-contact force
d. net force
7. What is the unit used for force?
a. centimeter
b. joule
c. kilogram
d. newton

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8. Which of the following is a force that acts on an object without getting near
to another object?
a. contact force
b. non-contact force
c. balanced force
d. unbalanced force
9. Which of the following is an example of non-contact force?
a. Spring force
b. Magnetic force
c. Frictional force
d. applied force
10.Which of the following forces acts perpendicularly to the surface of an
object?
a. gravitational force
b. drag force
c. normal force
d. tension force
11.Which of the following affects the strength of gravitational force?
a. Volume
b. Mass
c. Density
d. distance
12.Which of the following is example of contact force?
a. a sky diver reaching his terminal velocity
b. the earth orbiting the sun
c. a magnet picking some metallic paper clip
d. an apple falling down the ground
13. Which of the following describes magnetic forces?
a. the distance of the magnets does not affect the strength of the magnetic
field
b. like poles repel each other
c. there are also east and west poles
d. opposite poles put near together attracts each other
14. What is another name of noncontact forces?
a. action at a distance force
b. length forces
c. drag forces
d. air resistance force
15.Which of the following is an example of noncontact force?
a. air resistance force
b. electrostatics force
c. boy pushing the swing
d. a magnet picking some metallic paper clip

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 Lesson

1 Contact and Noncontact Forces

Force in simple word is a strength use in physical action. On the other hand,
force in science is simply a push or a pull to an object. You can apply this force
with or without touching each other and can cause objects at rest to accelerate.

What’s In

How can we apply forces to massive objects like cars?

What force is present when you walk around the classroom?

Is there force present when we comb our hair with plastic comb?

Notes to the Teacher

It is important that learners must have knowledge about different

forces into different situations.

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 What’s New

Two major types of forces

1. Contact Force

2. Noncontact Force

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 What is It

Contact Force
Contact force is a force that requires contact on both objects to occur.
Contact forces are being everywhere and responsible for interactions applied
between small and large objects.

In Physics, contact force is the force acting at the point of contact between
two objects against each other. Contact forces is subdivided into the following
components, one is the force that is perpendicular to the surface of the object or
the normal force, second is the force parallel to the surface of the object or the
friction force, and forces that opposes fluids.

Types of Contact Forces

1. Normal Force – a force exerted against the gravitational force present by the
objects touching each other.

Example of normal force

a. the book is at rest on top of the table
b. the box placed on the floor
c. the eggs on the nest

2. Tensional Force- a force applied to a rope, string, or cable that makes them
to be compressed or to be stretched by pulling on each side.

Example of Tensional Force

a. the pail was tied to the well
b. the cradle was tied on the rope at two ends
c. the star shaped Christmas lantern was hung on the ceiling

3. Frictional Force- a force created by both surfaces of the objects that is being
rubbed against each other resulting by moving in either same direction or
different direction.
Example of Frictional Force
a. the man is walking
b. the girl slide to slides
c. the boy rides to his bicycle

4. Air Resistance Force or Drag Force – is a force in the opposite direction of

the object in air or fluid.

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 Example of Air Resistance Force

a. the sky diver jumps with his parachute

b. dropping the paper from a 2-meter height
c. the feather was flying through the air

Noncontact Force
Action at a Distance Forces is the other termed for noncontact forces and
only results when two objects interact without any physical contact with each
other. Regardless of their physical separation they can exert push or pull to the
object. There are also different types of noncontact forces.

Types of Noncontact Forces

1. Magnetic Force – attraction and repulsion resulted by putting together the
end of same poles or different poles of the magnetic object. Magnetic force
also resulted impacts of action induced by the electromagnetic materials to
produced magnetic fields. Magnetic fields are surrounded and produced by
magnetized material and by shifting into electrical charges such as those
used in electromagnets.

Example of Magnetic Force

a. a compass
b. ref magnets
c. induction stove

2. Electrostatic Force-Just like magnetic forces, electrostatic force are either

attractive or repulsive resulted by positive and negative charges of particles.
Electrostatics force are resulted by like charges that repel like protons and
unlike charges that attract like protons and electrons.

Example of Electrostatic Force

a. Combing hair with plastic comb
b. rubbing the balloon in fur
c. wiping of cloth into glass rod

3. Gravitational Force-is pulling of objects with masses towards the center of

the earth.

Example of Electrostatic Force

a. ball dropped to the floor
b. the boy riding his bicycle down the road
c. The girl standing in top of the hill

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 What’s More

Activity 1
Friction on your Palm
Objective

To understand contact force.

Materials
Your palm/hands, Answer Sheet, and Pen
Procedure

1. Grab your two palms in front of you.

2. Try to rub them against each other.
Questions:

1. What force did you apply when you rub your palms together?
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___________________________________________________________________________
2. What do you feel when rubbing together your palms against each other?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
ans. it is getting warmer
3. What type of force did you apply when you rub your palms?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
ans. frictional force / contact force

Activity 2
Attract Me Not
Objective

To understand noncontact force.

Materials
Your palm/hands, Answer Sheet, and Pen

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Procedure

1. Get 2 bar magnet

2. Try to put near the end side of both magnets.
3. Observe what will happen.
4. Try again to put the other side of both magnet
5. Observe what will happen

Questions:

1. What happen when you put near two sides of magnets with the same pole?
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___________________________________________________________________________
ans. will be attracted to each other
2. What happen when you put near two sides of magnets with different poles?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
ans. will push against each other
3. What type of force did you apply when putting together the two bar
magnets?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
ans. magnetism force / Noncontact force

Conclusion

1. What is the difference of contact force to noncontact force?

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 What I Have Learned

1. The types of contact forces are contact and noncontact forces.

2. Contact forces are forces that need to be applied directly to the objects
3. These are types of contact forces; normal force, frictional force, tension
force, air resistance force.
4. Noncontact forces are also called as action at a distance force.
5. Noncontact forces can be applying to the objects without touching.
6. The types of noncontact forces are magnetism force, electrostatic force and
gravitational force.

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 What I Can Do

1. Do you experienced applying contact forces and noncontact forces in your

daily life?

2. Can you enumerate some example of contact and noncontact forces you
encountered in your daily life?

3. How can you distinguish contact from noncontact forces?

Assessment

Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a
separate sheet of paper.
1. Which of the following is a noncontact force?
a. Drag Force
b. Gravitational Force
c. Tension Force
d. Unbalanced Force
2. Which force is acting in the opposite direction of the object in motion?
a. Tension
b. Buoyant
c. Friction
d. Normal
3. What is the example of contact force?
a. Rubbing your hands together
b. picking paper clips by magnet
c. falling stone
d. putting near the two bar magnets
4. What happen when you put near together the different poles of the two bar
magnets?
a. reaction
b. concentration
c. repulsion
d. attraction

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5. Which of the following best describes the contact forces?
a. forces between same objects
b. forces between dissimilar objects
c. forces between objects that touch
d. forces between objects that do not touch

6. Which of the following is the force resulted by positive and negative charges
of particles?
a. magnetic force
b. electrostatic force
c. gravitational force
d. frictional force

7. Which of the following is an example of gravitational force?

a. combing hair with plastic comb
b. wiping of cloth into the glass rod
c. the cradle was tied on the rope at two ends
d. ball dropped to the floor

8. Which of the following best describes the non-contact forces?

a. forces between objects that do not touch
b. forces between same objects
c. forces between dissimilar objects
d. forces between objects that touch
9. Which of the following is the force that pulls the objects with masses towards
the center of the earth?
a. normal force
b. frictional force
c. gravitational force
d. air resistance force

10.Which of the following force is needed to apply to a string be stretched?

a. Normal force
b. frictional force
c. drag force
d. tensional force

11.Which of the following force the following is an example of normal force?

a. book lifted up of the table
b. book place at rest on top of the table
c. book sliding at the table
d. book falls at the edge of the table

12. Which of the following forces is a contact force?

a. Air resistance force
b. magnetic force
c. electrostatic force
d. gravitational force

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13. What is another name of noncontact forces?
a. length forces
b. action at a distance force
c. drag forces
d. air resistance force

14.Which of the following force is parallel to the surface of the object?

a. normal force
b. drag force
c. friction force
d. tension force

15. Which of the following describe the force between two particles with the
same charge?
a. reaction
b. concentration
c. repulsion
d. attraction

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 Additional Activities

Read the following situation. Write the types of forces shown and what forces is
applied on the picture.

Major Types of
Situation Types of Forces
Forces
1. The book is placed at rest at the top
to the table.

2. Magnet was put near the nails

3. The boy walks at the park.

4. The sky diver dives at the helicopter
and reached his terminal velocity
5. The boy pushes the shopping cart.
6. The girl comb her hair by a plastic
comb
7. The apple falls down the apple tree.

8. The mail man was riding his bicycle.

9. The girl sit on her hammock.

10. The auto mechanic compressed the
spring of the car.

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 Answer Key

Assessment What's More What I Know

1. B Activity 1 1. C
2. C 1. Contact force 2. C
3. A 2. getting warmer 3. D
3. frictional
4. D force/contact force 4. A
5. C 5. C
6. B 6. D
Activity 2
7. D 7. D
8. A 1. Attracted to each 8. B
9. C other 9. B
2. Pushing against
10. D each other 10. C
11. B 3. Magnetic force / 11. B
12. A noncontact force 12. A
13. B 13. B
14. C Conclusion 14. A
15. C 15. D
Contact force need contact to
apply force while noncontact
force can apply force without
getting near or in getting
contact

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References

General Physics 1 for Senior High School by Helen E. Caintic, PhD

Force https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force
Contact and Noncontact Forces
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zyxv97h/revision/1
Noncontact forces (figures in additional activities)
https://byjus.com/physics/force/
Contact and noncontact forces https://physicsabout.com/force/

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