Physics: Unit 2 Vocab

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Across
  1. 3. anything that occupies space and has weight
  2. 6. part of a circle
  3. 7. fall, falling motion of an object that is subject only to the force of gravity
  4. 8. of light, 3.0 x 1^8 m/sec (300 million meters per second) or 186 000 mi/sec
  5. 11. plane, a ramp or flat surface tilted from the horizontal
  6. 12. blocking of light from one object by another relative to an observer
  7. 14. having to do with the Sun, Moon, stars and the appearance of the night sky
  8. 17. having limits or being restricted
  9. 18. force of attraction between two bodies; the force of attraction between a freely falling object and the earth gives the body an acceleration of 32 ft/sec2
  10. 19. path followed by a projectile
Down
  1. 1. distance traveled divided by time
  2. 2. for an ellipse, one of two points located on the long axis
  3. 4. an observation under controlled conditions
  4. 5. capable of putting an object in motion
  5. 9. obtain a result from a different source
  6. 10. speed and direction of an object’s motion
  7. 11. speed, speed at a particular moment of time
  8. 13. a closed curve that looks like a flattened circle
  9. 15. capacity to make a change in matter (to heat to move or to change its physical form)
  10. 16. speed, speed measured over a period of time