Physics Vocabulary
Across
- 4. The speed of something in a given direction
- 7. The total distance traveled by an object divided by the total time.
- 10. Any influence that causes an object to change its movement or direction
- 11. The energy of motion
- 12. Forces that are equal in strength and opposite in direction that go against each other causing an object’s to stay still
- 13. A change in the position of an object
Down
- 1. A change in an object’s speed and/or direction
- 2. Energy that is stored in an object
- 3. Forces that are unequal in size or direction and that change an object’s motion
- 5. Tendency of an object to resist changing its motion.
- 6. The place or location of an object.
- 8. How much force is applied, and the distance through which that force acts
- 9. Sum of all forces acting on an object
- 10. Force between surfaces that slows or stops motion