Physics Crossword 2
Across
- 1. electric charges create an electric ____ (5)
- 4. wave where the direction of wave travel is perpendicular to the oscillation of the particles (10)
- 6. SI base unit for mass (8)
- 10. the H in LHC (6)
- 17. a scalar quantity has ____ only (9)
- 18. mathematician at NASA whose calculations were crucial to landing men on the moon (7)
- 19. planet whose equator is nearly at a right angle to its orbit (6)
- 20. branch of physics which includes the study of heat and energy (14)
- 23. a cloud of gas and dust in space which can collapse under gravity to form a protostar (6)
- 26. the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (5)
- 27. physicist famous for his work on black holes (7)
- 30. one of the countries CERN sits on the border of (11)
- 31. physicist credited with the discovery of the electron (7)
Down
- 2. useful power output / total power input (10)
- 3. prefix shown with the letter M (4)
- 5. process of exposing an object to a source of radiation (11)
- 7. a renewable energy resource (10)
- 8. transformers have two ____ (5)
- 9. SI base unit for temperature (6)
- 11. an example of a longitudinal wave (5)
- 12. branch of physics which includes the study of sound (9)
- 13. university where Isaac Newton was educated (9)
- 14. a ____ image appears to come from behind the lens (7)
- 15. not a planet :( (5)
- 16. when a wave is passed across or through a material it is ____ (11)
- 18. a precious stone and a unit (5)
- 21. best known for his theory of general relativity (8)
- 22. electrons can gain energy from ____ EM radiation (9)
- 24. a Greek letter and a type of decay (5)
- 25. the energy needed to change from a solid to liquid is the specific latent heat of ____ (6)
- 28. in a main sequence star, hydrogen nuclei undergo ____ to form helium nuclei (6)
- 29. prefix shown with the letter k (4)