Force
- For force as it relates to physics, please see Force (physics)
The word force means "to make someone or something do something".
For example, "Soldiers came to the town and forced all the people there to leave."
Scientists also use the word "force". In the science of physics, a force causes objects to change the way they are moving. When equal forces act in opposite directions, they cancel each other out.
Gravity is a force. It makes things move toward each other. On the Earth, we see that it makes things fall toward the ground.
In the Star Wars saga, the Force is a type of energy released by all living things that binds the galaxy together, enables life, and can be controlled by Jedi and Sith knights.
Opposite forces make boats float. Gravity makes the boat's weight pull it down, but water pushes it up. The weight is spread over a large area, so the water has a lot to push on and holds the boat up.[1]
[change] References
- ↑ Morris, Neil; Ting Morris (1998). Jim Miles, Lynne French. ed (in English). Children's First Encyclopedia. Branka Surla, Rosie Alexander. II Bardfield Centre, Great Bardfield, Essex CM7 4SL: Miles Kelly Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-84084-332-2.
