Type your name:

Forces and Newton’s First Law

Force is a pull or slidingpushfrictionstaticSelect your answer exerted by one object on another. You can use a spring contactmotionscalegroundSelect your answer to measure force. It’s marked off in units called newtonsfrictionstaticcontactSelect your answer. Some forces oppose the scalefrictionmotionpushSelect your answer of objects in contact with a surface. This is called frictionscalenewtonsmotionSelect your answer. If you pull a block across a table, you’ll feel a drag along the surface. This is groundmotionslidingstaticSelect your answer friction acting on the block. Objects remain stationary in slanted surfaces due to motionstaticnewtonsslidingSelect your answer friction. You can skate along a sidewalk because of rollingcontactslidinggroundSelect your answer friction. Friction between the skate wheels and the groundrollingscalestaticSelect your answer pushes you ahead. Friction acts anytime surfaces of objects are in contactpushnewtonsstaticSelect your answer.