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It's also tractor. Most people use the term tractor to describe the vehicle doing the pulling. However if you understand the breakdown of the term attraction, it makes this easier to understand. Also used in many sci-fi space films was the "Tractor" beam
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Things that are like a magnet or vacuum that pull something in without touching what their pulling in?

Gravity is a force that pulls objects towards each other without direct contact, similar to a magnet or vacuum. Electromagnetic force can also attract or pull objects together without physical contact, such as with magnets. In the context of space, black holes have an intense gravitational pull that can draw in nearby objects and light without touching them.


How can forces act?

Forces can act by pushing or pulling on an object, causing it to accelerate or change its motion. They can be gravity pulling an object down, a person pushing a box, or a magnetic force attracting iron objects. Forces can also act at a distance without physical contact, such as with electromagnetic or gravitational forces.


What is the exercise that involve pushing and pulling against an immovable object?

Isometric exercise involves pushing and pulling against an immovable object without joint movement. It helps strengthen muscles without changing their length.


What objects are similar because they are both areas where forces can act without objects touching?

Two examples of objects that are similar in that forces can act without objects touching are magnets and electric fields. In both cases, forces can act at a distance without direct contact between the objects.


What forces that act on objects without touching them?

Some forces that act on objects without touching them include gravitational force, magnetic force, and electric force. These forces can exert a push or pull on objects even when they are not in direct contact with them.

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How can a boat move without us pushing pulling or touching it?

wind or moving water


Things that are like a magnet or vacuum that pull something in without touching what their pulling in?

Gravity is a force that pulls objects towards each other without direct contact, similar to a magnet or vacuum. Electromagnetic force can also attract or pull objects together without physical contact, such as with magnets. In the context of space, black holes have an intense gravitational pull that can draw in nearby objects and light without touching them.


How can forces act?

Forces can act by pushing or pulling on an object, causing it to accelerate or change its motion. They can be gravity pulling an object down, a person pushing a box, or a magnetic force attracting iron objects. Forces can also act at a distance without physical contact, such as with electromagnetic or gravitational forces.


What is the exercise that involve pushing and pulling against an immovable object?

Isometric exercise involves pushing and pulling against an immovable object without joint movement. It helps strengthen muscles without changing their length.


How do you get over a river without touching it?

you get something to reach across and then cross it by pulling it.


What objects are similar because they are both areas where forces can act without objects touching?

Two examples of objects that are similar in that forces can act without objects touching are magnets and electric fields. In both cases, forces can act at a distance without direct contact between the objects.


What forces that act on objects without touching them?

Some forces that act on objects without touching them include gravitational force, magnetic force, and electric force. These forces can exert a push or pull on objects even when they are not in direct contact with them.


What is a force at a distance?

A force acting on an object without physical contact is called a force at a distance. Examples include gravitational force between objects, magnetic force, and electrostatic force. These forces can influence the motion and interactions of objects without direct contact.


Magnetic forces can repel without touching True or false?

True. Magnetic forces can repel objects without them physically touching because the magnetic fields generated by the objects interact to create a repelling force.


How is energy received from the sun or across distances without objects touching?

Energy from the sun or across distances can be received without objects touching through electromagnetic radiation, such as light or heat, which can travel through empty space.


What is the concept of a catapult?

The concept of it is to fling heavy stuff far without a lot of effort of pushing it or pulling it


What is a force only exerted when objects touch?

A contact force? The answer really depends on the level of the question. Primary school answer: A pushing or pulling force, or a friction force occur when objects touch. High school answer: Same as above, but 'pushing' and 'pulling' would be replaced with positive and negative. Friction would be defined as a force that opposes motion, and would include air resistance and drag. University answer: Technically, there is no such force, as all forces act at a distance without touching. In fact, objects don't actually 'touch' one another at all. The outer electrons in an object's atoms will repel said electrons from another object's atoms through the electromagnetic force. This only makes it feel like the objects have come into contact with one another, when in fact they haven't.