Name: Non-contact forces - Forces: Video playlist - BBC Bitesize
Uploaded: 2026-03-18T16:34:38.973Z
Duration: 2 min
Channel: BBC Bitesize
Description: Dr George Dransfield explains types of non-contact force: magnetic, electrostatic and gravitational.

Non-contact forces

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This video explores three types of non-contact force: three types of non-contact force: magnetic, electrostatic and gravitational. Non-contact forces act on objects without the objects having to touch. These forces can act over a distance when one object is in the field of another.

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