What do Forces Do?

Science: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum, topic 5.1.2

What do Forces Do?

Forces act on everything you can see around you.

What do forces do?

What do forces do?

  • Forces can cause stationary objects to move.
  • Forces can also cause moving objects to slow down, speed up or change direction.
Forces act on objects

Forces act on objects

  • Forces act on objects.
  • Forces often act in pairs.
  • Sometimes, there can be more than two.

Test yourself on What do Forces Do?

  • Usually, how many forces act on objects at the same time?

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