Physics Vocabulary
Across
- 1. a push or pull on a object
- 5. downward motion under force of gravity
- 7. lowest point of a transverse wave
- 8. distance between crests
- 10. distance divided by time; scalar
- 12. looking into a mirror
- 14. circuit with two or more paths
- 15. spread out after passing through a narrow space
- 17. displacement divided by time; vector
- 19. motion of an object due to mass and velocity
- 23. top of wave
- 24. height of a wave
- 25. an amount of space between two things or people
- 29. slows down the current; Ohms
- 31. a wave that does not require matter to transfer energy
- 33. the amount of times a wave happens
- 34. having only magnitude, not direction
- 37. energy of position
- 39. 2 make a wavelength; standing waves
- 40. a quantity having direction as well as magnitude
- 41. resistance of motion of one object over another
- 43. lowest temperature
- 46. looking through a glass of water
- 47. diagram that shows forces on an object
- 49. material a wave travels through
- 51. heat transfer; through water or air
- 53. the quality, condition, or fact of being exact
Down
- 2. the flow of electrons through a wire
- 3. rate of energy change
- 4. wave interference that can form smaller waves
- 6. measures the energy at different points in a circuit
- 8. depends on gravity
- 9. circuit that is connected end to end
- 11. an example of a collision; ball bounces
- 13. wave interference that will for a larger wave
- 14. an object moves along a curved path under the action of gravity only
- 16. wave that moves perpendicular
- 18. squeezing a group of particles in a wave.
- 20. a point of zero amplitude; standing waves
- 21. the moving of something from its place or position
- 22. an example of a collision; clay goes splat
- 24. change in velocity divided by time
- 26. wave that moves parallel
- 27. exertion of force overcoming resistance
- 28. attractive or repulsive
- 30. slows the flow of electricity
- 32. heat transfer; through everything
- 35. the quality or state of being correct
- 36. an object’s resistance to change in motion
- 38. lack of order in thermodynamics
- 42. circular force
- 44. energy of motion
- 45. allows electricity to flow
- 48. heat transfer;direct contact
- 50. the amount of matter
- 52. a field around a charged object