Quarter Three Vocabulary
Across
- 2. the force of gravity on an object
- 3. a change of position over time
- 6. the elliptical path that one body follows around another body
- 7. the force that stretches an object
- 10. a push or a pull
- 11. S.I. basic unit of time
- 12. states every time one object exerts a force on another object, the second object exerts a force on the first that is equal in size and opposite in direction
- 14. a substance that can flow easily
- 15. a force that keeps an object moving in a circle
- 18. the measure of the amount of space an object takes up
- 20. a quantity that has both size and direction
- 23. states that the acceleration of an object increases with increased force and decreases with increased mass
- 26. a force that resists the motion between two surfaces in contact
- 27. the resistance of an object to a change in the speed or the direction of its motion
- 28. the process of pushing the particles of a material closer together
- 29. the upward force a fluid exerts on any object in the fluid
- 30. the force in an object that resists stretching or pressing
Down
- 1. states that objects at rest remain at rest, and objects in motion remain in motion, unless acted upon by an unbalanced force
- 3. S.I. basic unit of speed
- 4. the force that objects exert on one another because of their masses
- 5. N/m2 the SI unit of pressure
- 8. a measure of the amount of matter present in a given volume of a substance.
- 9. the location of a place or an object
- 13. the buoyant force on an object is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object
- 16. a measure of how fast something moves through a distance in a given amount of time
- 17. a location with which you compare other locations
- 19. S.I. basic unit of distance
- 21. the rate at which velocity changes with time
- 22. a measure of how much force is acting on a certain area
- 23. the overall force acting on an object when all forces are combined
- 24. friction due to air
- 25. speed in a specific direction