Energy Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. Previously known as centigrade, a unit for measuring temperature in which 0 degrees is the freezing point of water and 100 degrees is the boiling point
  2. 6. The first letter of the Greek alphabet, in Greek numerals it obtains a value of one
  3. 7. The quantity of motion of a moving body, measured as a product of its mass and its velocity
  4. 9. Insulating heat energy
  5. 10. A displacement of the point of application in the direction of the force occurs when a force does this (when a ball is dropped  the ____ done on the ball= the weight of the ball multiplied by the distance to the ground)
  6. 12. The ability for a substance to flow, pertaining to a substance that easily changes its shape
  7. 15. A property of objects which can be transferred, or converted to different forms, yet cannot be created or destroyed
  8. 16. The occurrence when a substance melts under pressure and re-freezes when the pressure is released
  9. 19. A push or a pull on an object that causes it to change its state of motion (accelerate from rest), equal to mass multiplied by gravity or acceleration.
  10. 20. The term used when a solid changes directly to a gaseous state (or vice versa) when the pressure is dropped rapidly and significantly
  11. 23. A phase transition from a liquid to a gas or vapour when the substance is below its boiling point
  12. 26. One of four fundamental states of matter, has a definite shape and volume and very tightly packed particles.
  13. 27. Dormant, present or potential but not evident or active (______finger prints are not visible but can be developed)
  14. 28. The form of energy that is utilized when an object is compressed or stretched, and when work is performed to distort volume or shape
  15. 30. Equal to the work done by a force of one newton when its point of application moves one meter in the direction of the force applied
  16. 31. The process of combining two or more different distinct entities into a new whole
  17. 33. A quantity which has direction as well as magnitude (a directional line segment)
  18. 34. The third letter of the Greek alphabet, in Greek numerals it obtains a value of three, can also be referred to as a ray that is not on the visible light spectrum
  19. 36. The SI unit for pressure, equal to one newton per square metre
  20. 37. The SI unit for thermodynamic temperature, equal in magnitude to the degree Celsius, 0 degrees Celsius is equal to 273 degrees _____
  21. 39. The second letter of the Greek alphabet, in Greek numerals it obtains a value of two
Down
  1. 1. The splitting of an entity into two or more parts
  2. 2. One of the four fundamental states of matter, has an indefinite shape and volume, can be easily compressed, possesses perfect molecular mobility and expansion
  3. 3. To shrink or become less extensive, to take up less area/volume due to more attraction of particles
  4. 4. A pressurized heavy water reactor used for generating electric power
  5. 5. Equal to the amount of energy consumed per unit of time, SI unit = J/s or watt
  6. 8. A substance that is in a gaseous state at a temperature below its boiling point, a substance suspended in the air that is visible as clouds/smoke etc.
  7. 9. A device used to measure temperature using mercury or alcohol in a glass tube with numerical increments. When in heat the substance expands and rises, and when in cold the substance contracts and falls
  8. 11. The energy an object possesses in motion
  9. 13. One of four fundamental states of matter, has a definite volume yet an indefinite shape, molecules move freely but do not separate, can be slightly compressed
  10. 14. When the total value of a physical quantity in a system remains constant (ex. energy, mass, linear/angular momentum)
  11. 17. To grow larger in size or become more extensive, to spread and take up a greater area/volume due to less attraction of particles
  12. 18. A brief force on a body producing a finite change in momentum in which the momentum equals the average value of the force multiplied by the time during which it acts
  13. 21. The prefix for the term of the wavelength that is just shorter than that of the violet end of the visible spectrum but longer than that of X-rays
  14. 22. Force applied per unit area over which the force (perpendicular to the object’s surface) is distributed
  15. 24. The stored ability (energy) of an object to do work, stored initiative
  16. 25. Equal to the force that would allow a mass of one kilogram to accelerate at one metre per second per second
  17. 29. A variation of a particular chemical element ( ex. Hydrogen) where this variation differs in its number of neutrons, but contains the same number of protons
  18. 32. Any physical quantity that can be completely described by a singular numerical value (speed, distance, mass or volume)
  19. 35. Equal to one joule per second, SI unit of power
  20. 38. The prefix for the term of the wavelength that is just greater than that of the red end of the visible light spectrum but less than that of microwaves