Question

Give two examples each for a contact force and a force at a distance

Answer 1

Pushing a car up a hill or kicking a ball or pushing a desk across a room are some of the everyday examples where contact forces are at work

Answer 2

Pushing a car up a hill or kicking a ball or pushing a desk across a room are some of the everyday examples where contact forces

There are other forces that act at a distance, including gravity and static electricity. Later you will read how the force of magnetism is related to electricity. In fact, magnetism is the result of a moving electric charge. You may be familiar with magnets attracting, or pulling, metal objects toward them.