Physics Terms Review
Across
- 3. Motion of an object when gravity is the only significant force acting on it
- 7. Used in conjunction with displacement, velocity, and acceleration to describe an object in rotational motion
- 12. A push or a pull
- 13. Tendency of an object to resist changes in velocity
- 15. Entire length of an object's path
- 16. Gives the location of the zero point of a variable and the direction in which the values increase
- 17. Force that a string or rope exerts on an object
- 19. When net force on an object is zero, it is in ___.
- 21. Quantity that includes both magnitude and direction
- 23. Represents the sum of two other vectors
- 24. Quantity that is just a number without any direction
Down
- 1. Johannes ___, developed three laws that explain the motion of celestial bodies
- 2. A change in position
- 4. Rate at which an object's velocity changes
- 5. Force exerted by a fluid on an object opposing motion through the fluid
- 6. An object shot through the air
- 8. Distance and direction from the origin to an object
- 9. Point at which all variables in a coordinate system equal zero
- 10. Force of attraction between two objects, proportional to the objects' masses
- 11. Series of images showing the positions of a moving object at equal time intervals
- 14. Object or objects of interest
- 18. Type of friction exerted when two surfaces rub against each other because both are moving
- 20. Acceleration experienced by an object in uniform circular motion "center-seeking"
- 22. Type of friction exerted on one surface by another when there is not motion between them