Doug's Forces Answers

Practice Answers
Doug's Page On Forces

Doug's Page On Forces N2

1. Force is a push or a pull on an object.


2. Force is measured in the unit of Newtons.


3. The two kinds of forces are contact and action at a distance.


4. Work is known as a transfer of energy.


5. Weight is the force of gravity, Mass is a measurement of how much matter.


6. A lever is a simple machine used to raise or lower the amount of force needed to do something.


7. An inclined plane is a simple machine used so that you have to use less force to move something but raises the distance.


8. Friction is the resisting force of the fluid movement of solids against eachother.


9. Same as No. 2 (Trick Question)


10. Action at a Distance.


11. The measurement of force amplified by a machine.


12. A calculated mechanical advantage is not accurate because the force of friction reduces it.