Motion and Forces Extreme Vocabulary Review
Across
- 6. the difference between the initial, or starting, position and the final position.
- 11. a measurement of something, such as height or width
- 13. information or answers produced by examining something carefully and scientifically
- 18. an object at rest will stay at rest, and an object in motion will stay in motion unless a force acts on the object.
- 20. a force that one object applies to another object without touching it.
- 21. a push or a pull on an object.
- 22. a quantity that has both magnitude and direction.
- 23. the speed and the direction of a moving object.
- 26. the forces two objects apply to each other.
- 27. a measure of the change in velocity during a period of time.
- 29. a push or a pull on one object by another object that is touching it.
- 30. an attractive force that exists between all objects that have mass.
- 32. the starting point you choose to describe the location, or position, of an object.
- 33. the combination of all the forces acting on an object.
- 34. a group of mountains or hills in a line
- 37. a drawing that shows the parts of something
- 40. the force that pushes perpendicular to the object’s surface.
- 41. a region of space that has a physical quantity (such as a force) at every point.
- 42. having little power or force
- 43. forming a 90-degree angle
- 44. a hard covering on something's surface
- 45. used to say what is true or to emphasize the truth
Down
- 1. very; a lot
- 2. to add a number to itself a specific number of times, for example 4 × 4 = 16
- 3. a direction that you choose from a starting point to describe an object’s position
- 4. a measure of the distance an object travels in a given amount of time.
- 5. completely different in direction or position
- 7. how air slows down a moving object
- 8. as someone says or something shows
- 9. law that states that the acceleration of an object is equal to the net force exerted on the object divided by the object’s mass.
- 10. the path an object travels around another object
- 12. not able to stretch or bend easily
- 14. the process of changing position.
- 15. when an object applies a force on another object, the second object applies a force of the same strength on the first object but the force is in the opposite direction.
- 16. an object’s distance and direction from a reference point.
- 17. when colliding objects bounce off each other.
- 19. contact force that resists the sliding motion of two surfaces that are touching.
- 20. name of the scientist who established the laws of motion
- 24. a simple model to understand what will happen to an object due to a force.
- 25. to form ideas in your mind
- 28. compared to something or someone else
- 31. a part of something
- 35. a piece of sports equipment that is used to hit a ball
- 36. the gravitational force exerted on an object.
- 38. to put on
- 39. a little