G8 Segment 1 Vocabulary Practice
Across
- 4. A straight path that an object can move along
- 5. The change in an object's position with respect to time and in comparison with the position of other objects used as reference points
- 7. A tool that measures a pulling force by the tension on a spring in units of Newtons, N
- 8. Unit of measurement for force
- 10. The force that causes objects with mass to attract one another
- 12. To strike or hit something with any amount of force
- 13. The rate of change of position (or distance traveled) with respect to time
- 14. Scientific law stating that energy can be neither created nor destroyed but just changes form
- 15. States that for every action force there is an equal and opposite reaction force
- 16. The sum of all the forces acting on an object
- 17. A push or a pull that can change the motion of an object
Down
- 1. Objects that affect one another
- 2. Energy of motion
- 3. having the tendency to pull other objects toward itself
- 5. A measure of how much matter is present in a substance
- 6. The heaviness of an object; force of gravity on mass = weight
- 9. A system that uses coordinates or background objects to establish position or to measure movement of a point in space
- 11. A change in motion caused by an unbalanced force acting on an object; includes increasing speed, decreasing speed, or a change in direction