Vocabulary Choice Board
Across
- 2. any of the basic mechanical devices for applying a force, such as an inclined plane, wedge, or lever.
- 4. the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or any other physical body having mass.
- 7. speeding in a specific direction
- 9. an act or process of changing place or position
- 10. When you use a machine, you apply force to the machine.
- 13. the acceleration of an object is directly related to the net force and inversely related to its mass.
- 15. a property of matter by which it remains at rest or in unchanging motion unless acted on by some external force.
- 16. the rate of change of velocity
- 18. a measure of the heaviness of an object
- 19. the moving of something from its place or position.
Down
- 1. a unit of measurement that describes the amount of matter that makes up an object.
- 3. the sum of all the forces acting on an object
- 5. the force that acts in the opposite direction to an object moving through the air
- 6. a measure of how much a force is increased by using a tool or machine
- 8. strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement
- 11. for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
- 12. the force exerted on an object by a simple machine
- 14. The resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over or through another material
- 17. The rate of change of position of an object in any direction