Chapter 14 & 15 vocabulary
Across
- 3. energy - energy that travels in waves
- 6. energy - energy that is stored as a result of position or shape
- 10. conversion - the process of changing energy from one form to another
- 11. energy - the energy associated with electric charges
- 12. energy - the energy associated with the motion and position of everyday objects
- 13. energy - energy dealing with temperature
- 14. energy - the energy an object has due to its motion
- 15. plane - a slanted surface along which a force moves an object to a different elevation
- 16. and axle - a simple machine that consists of two rigidly attached disks or cylinders, each one with a different radius
- 19. - the rate of doing work
Down
- 1. - a V-shaped object whose sides are two inclined planes sloped toward each other
- 2. - an inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder
- 4. potential energy - potential energy that depends upon an object’s height above a reference point
- 5. energy - the energy stored in chemical bonds
- 6. - a simple machine that consists of a rope that fits into a groove in a wheel
- 7. energy - the energy stored in atomic nuclei
- 8. - a rigid bar that is free to move around a fixed point
- 9. - a device that changes a force & helps you do work
- 10. potential energy - the potential energy of an object that is stretched or compressed
- 17. - the ability to do work
- 18. - the product of distance and the force in the direction an object moves