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OCR: What are forces? Forces push and pull things, making them change shape, speed up or slow down or change direction FLIPPER MOVEMENT FORCE pinball flipper exerts force that changes the pinball's direct tion: steam roller exerts force that flattens pavement and car brakes exert force on the wheels that slows the car down The forces described above are all contact forces ones where one obiect pushes directy on another However, things do not have to touch each other 1n order to exert force For example ball thrown into the air will fall back down due to the force of gravity which attracts the Earth while compass needle guided by magnetic forces object exerta