Physics Vocabulary

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