Explain two types of forces in physics

In physics, two fundamental types of forces are:

1. Contact Forces: These forces arise from the physical touching of two objects. Examples include the friction force that opposes motion between surfaces, the normal force that a surface exerts perpendicular to an object resting on it, and the tension force in a rope.

2. Non-Contact Forces (or Field Forces): These forces act over a distance without direct physical contact. The most common examples are gravitational force, the force of attraction between any two objects with mass, and electromagnetic force, which includes electric forces between charged particles and magnetic forces between magnets or moving charges.