Physics and Astronomy Crossword
Across
- 3. The effect that causes electrons to be released when photons hit a metal
- 8. The amount of energy or light reaching a detector every second
- 9. The angle between a celestial object and the meridian
- 10. Rate of flow of electric charge
- 13. Separating light waves by wave orientation
- 15. Subatomic particle with a negative charge
- 17. The measure of charge
- 19. The SI unit of force
- 20. The angular distance of an object north or south of the celestial equator
- 23. Mass in motion
- 24. An angular measurement equal to 1/3600 of a degree
- 25. Mass per unit volume
- 27. Geographical coordinate north or south of equator
Down
- 1. Fundamental unit of light
- 2. When opposite the Sun, a planet is in this
- 4. The special version of this relates physics and sets the speed of light for all inertial reference frames
- 5. The shift in apparent position of an object
- 6. The number of waves passing through a point in a given time interval
- 7. A constant longitude passing through the earth's poles and surface
- 11. Elevation of an object above the horizon
- 12. The equivalent of force for a rotation about an axis
- 14. Form of angular momentum carried by particles
- 16. This type of motion occurs when all particles of a rigid body move parallel to a fixed plane
- 18. A force acting on a body in a circular path
- 21. The scattering of photons by a charge particle resulting in a decrease in photon energy
- 22. A tendency to resist a change in motion
- 26. Subatomic particle
- 27. Local Sidereal Time