Physical Science Vocabulary
Across
- 1. Heat transfer through direct contact
- 3. The center of an atom
- 5. Electron(s)in the outermost energy level of an atom
- 11. Amount of space an object takes up
- 13. Force of attraction that depends on the mass of two objects and the distance between them
- 18. Tendency of objects to remain in motion or to stay at rest unless acted upon by an outside force
- 19. Bending of a wave as it passes from one medium to another
- 21. two or more different elements chemically combined
- 22. Distance divided by time
- 24. A negatively charged particle found in an area outside the nucleus of an atom
- 25. A neutral particle in the nucleus of an atom
- 26. Matter that consists of two or more substance mixed but not chemically combined
- 28. type of change that does not alter the chemical makeup of a substance
- 29. Bouncing back of a wave
- 30. The ability to do work
- 32. The lowest point of a wave
- 33. Change in velocity over time
Down
- 2. type of change in which a substance becomes a new and different substance
- 4. Anything that has mass and volume
- 6. The highest point of a wave
- 7. speed in a given direction
- 8. Heat transfer through space
- 9. Change from the solid phase directly into the gas phase
- 10. Energy of motion
- 12. Ability to do work
- 14. Energy that is stored
- 15. A push or a pull
- 16. The smallest part of an element that has all the properties of an element
- 17. Number of waves that pass a certain point in a given amount of time
- 20. Simplest type of pure substance
- 23. Heat transfer in liquids and gases by means of rising and falling.
- 27. Distance between two consecutive crests on a wave
- 31. A positively charged particle in the nucleus of an atom