RUIZ: Motion & Forces vocabulary
Across
- 5. acceleratiion of an object towards the center/circular path
- 6. the mass in motion; how hard it is to stop a moving object
- 7. friction that happens when the round object slows down or stops. (ex. wheels on floor)
- 10. attractive force between any two objects that depends on their masses and distance.
- 11. a change of position
- 14. distance & direction from where an object starts to where it ends up
- 17. friction that happens when an object does not move
- 18. how fast the object is going in that moment
- 19. a region of space that has a physical quantity at every point
Down
- 1. speed of an object + the direction of its motion
- 2. force that opposes the sliding motion of two surfaces that are touching each other
- 3. the path of an object; where it's going
- 4. friction that happens when two objects rub surfaces together when dragged. (ex. rubbing hands)
- 8. how fast an object is moving
- 9. a push or pull
- 12. the sum of all of the forces acting on an object.
- 13. how hard gravity pulls the object down
- 15. how much matter (stuff) fills the object.
- 16. how fast your motion is changing; speeding up or slowing down