Car Safety and Physics
Across
- 8. Allows you to see what is behind the car (9,6)
- 10. This alarm tells you you are moving out of your lane on the road (4,9,7)
- 11. The grooves in the tyres
- 12. Newton's first law and the reason you are thrown forwards in a crash
- 14. Safety features are designed to keep the car's _________ safe
- 16. Restraint that holds occupant in their seat (4,4)
- 18. This inflates rapidly in an accident
Down
- 1. Added to hard surfaces that a car passenger might contact
- 2. These areas in a car crush in an accident (7,4)
- 3. When a restraint pushes on you, you push back on the __________ (Newton's 3rd Law)
- 4. People walking
- 5. This provides grip between tyres and the road
- 6. The thing that slows things down (Newton's second law F = m x a)
- 7. The name for a child restraint meant for tiny babies
- 9. When tyres slide on the road rather than grip
- 13. The gas that fills airbags
- 15. These use computers to help a car stop without skidding (3,6)
- 17. Uses reflection of light so you can see what is behind you