Physics Vocabulary
Across
- 3. Physical quantity described by its magnitude
- 6. Time rate at which an object is moving along a path
- 9. The vector sum of two or more vectors
- 10. A change in position based on its current position
- 12. Motion of an object thrown into the air
- 14. Total movement of an object without any regard to direction
- 15. Rate of change of the velocity of an object with respect to time
Down
- 1. Abstract coordinate system whose origin is specified by a set of reference points
- 2. Change in position
- 4. Speed of an object at a particular moment in time
- 5. Rate of change of the object’s position with respect to a frame of reference and time
- 7. Situation in which the only force acting on an object is gravity and hence acceleration due to gravity
- 8. A depiction of the influence of that vector in a given direction
- 11. Distances represented by numbers that uniquely identify points on surfaces of two dimensions
- 13. An object that has both a magnitude and a direction