Physics Review
Across
- 4. a ratio between how much water vapor is in the air and the maximum amount of water vapor that could be in the air at the same temperature
- 5. a disturbance that is transmitted progressively from one place to the next with no actual transport of matter
- 7. a substance that energy passes through
- 8. total shadow
- 10. regarded in relation or comparison to something else
- 12. any push or pull
- 13. the distance covered per unit of time
- 15. speed in a given direction (directed speed)
- 17. hydrogen and oxygen gas are compressed as electrodes to produce water and electric current (electricity)
- 18. the return of a wave back to its original medium
- 20. the angle between the incident ray and the normal
- 22. the amount of force per unit of area
- 24. regular geometric shapes whose particles are arranged in an orderly, repeating pattern
- 25. the apparent loss of weight of objects when submerged in a liquid
- 30. a measure of how much matter occupies a given space
- 31. the ratio of the mass (or weight) of a substance to the mass (or weight) of an equal volume of water
- 32. a collision in which the colliding objects become distorted and generate heat during the collision
- 34. transfer of energy through direct contact
- 36. the smooth paths, or trajectories, of the bits of fluid
- 37. the friction acting on something moving through the air
- 41. the product of the net force on an object and the distance through which the object is moved
- 42. the desire to observe things as they are, without personal opinions or feelings influencing the observation
- 44. a repeating back-and forth motion about an equilibrium position
- 45. the transfer of energy through the movement of particles (occurs in ALL fluids)
- 47. allowing charges to move off (or onto) a conductor by touching it
- 48. the rate at which work is done
Down
- 1. the upward force created by the difference between the air pressure above and below the wing
- 2. the phenomenon of melting under pressure and freezing again when pressure is reduced
- 3. partial shadow
- 6. an observation centered on a person’s own mind and perspectives
- 9. a device used to multiply forces or simply change direction of forces
- 11. the term used to quantify the effect of a force acting for a period of time
- 14. a change of phase from liquid to gas that takes place at the surface of a liquid
- 16. the bending of a wave as it crosses the boundary between two media at an angle
- 19. the property of an object or system that enables it to do work
- 21. the changing of a gas to a liquid
- 23. the study of how size affects the relationship between weight, strength, and surface area
- 26. an instrument used for measuring the pressure of the atmosphere
- 27. the change of phase from a liquid to a gas beneath a liquid’s surface
- 28. the rate at which the velocity is changing
- 29. highest color of light one can see
- 33. a combination of all the colors
- 35. inertia in motion
- 38. energy in the form of waves being emitted from a source
- 39. the SI unit of charge
- 40. lowest visible color of light one can see
- 43. the change in phase from liquid to a solid
- 46. caused by the refraction of light in Earth’s atmosphere