Physics Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. a type of stress created by rocks pushing against each other
  2. 3. a trace of an ancient organism preserved within a layer or rock
  3. 4. the height of a transverse wave from the midpoint to the crest or trough
  4. 6. a cloud in space made of gas and dust
  5. 8. a device that slows the flow of current in a circuit
  6. 10. the SI unit of resistance
  7. 11. fog or haze combined with smoke and other pollutants in the atmosphere
  8. 12. the SI unit of frequency
  9. 16. the highest point on a wave
  10. 18. the SI unit for electric charge
  11. 21. the bouncing of a wave after it hits an object
  12. 22. the smallest packet of electromagnetic energy
  13. 23. the use of force to move an object
  14. 24. the material or substance a wave moves through
Down
  1. 1. the top layer of soil
  2. 4. the SI unit of electric current
  3. 5. the SI unit of power
  4. 7. the lowest point on a wave
  5. 9. the downward movement of one of Earth’s plates beneath another plate
  6. 13. the place on Earth’s surface directly over the focus of an earthquake
  7. 14. a type of stress created by rocks pulling away from each other
  8. 15. the SI unit of work
  9. 17. the rate at which work is done
  10. 19. a fold in rock caused by compression that bends upward in an arch
  11. 20. the SI unit for magnetic field strength