12B crossword puzzle
Across
- 1. Newton's 2nd law of motion.
- 3. without this, rocketry would be impossible, as would all other kinds of motion.
- 4. a pulling force that is transmitted through a rope, chain, or similar object.
- 10. an object in motion continues in that motion unless acted upon by an external force.
- 13. he called the tendency of matter to resist change in its motion inertia.
- 14. concept that was "invented" by physicists as a measure of inertia.
- 15. Newton's 1st law of motion.
- 16. merged Galileo's principle of inertia into a more general statement of physics that included his own discoveries about the actions of forces.
- 17. letter used in Newton's 2nd law equation to represent the net external force on an object, in newtons.
- 18. the tendency of matter to resist change in motion.
- 19. first person to have tested ideas about motion.
Down
- 1. Newton's 3rd law of motion.
- 2. required to act on any change in an objects motion.
- 5. force that acts in a direction perpendicular to the surfaces where two objects make contact.
- 6. for every action force, there is an equal and opposite reaction force.
- 7. a title often given to Newton's third law of motion.
- 8. the acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net force and is inversely proportional to the object's mass.
- 9. forces must be unbalanced.
- 11. an object at rest remains at rest.
- 12. wrote book mathematical principles of natural philosophy, principia.