Laws of motion vocabulary
Across
- 3. Any object, generally in studies of motion.
- 7. The law that states that all objects continue with constant motion unless acted on by an unbalanced force.
- 8. The vector sum of all the forces that act upon an object.
- 9. A mathematical quantity that describes a magnitude and direction.
- 11. A diagram of an object and its surroundings with arrows indicating all the forces acting on it.
- 15. The law that states ‘for every action force there is an equal and opposite reaction force.
- 16. The rate of change of a body’s velocity.
- 18. The degree of reproducibility or agreement between repeated measurements.
- 19. A simple device involving a solid arm and a fulcrum, which can move to multiply a force applied to one part.
Down
- 1. The speed of a body, including its direction, velocity is a vector quantity.
- 2. A contact force that is perpendicular to the surface that an object makes contact with.
- 4. The law described by the equation; F = ma.
- 5. The property of a body affected by a gravitational field.
- 6. multiplier Devices that increase the speed of, or distance travelled by, an object.
- 10. The rate at which a body moves; a scalar quantity.
- 12. Complete path travelled by an object; a scalar quantity.
- 13. How close the measured value is to the true value.
- 14. The shortest distance from the initial position to the final position with a direction given; a vector quantity.
- 17. experiment The goal of a thought experiment is to explore potential consequences of the principle in question without performing the experiment.