Vocabulary Unit 2 - Unit 3

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Across
  1. 2. a unit of distance equal to 1,760 yards or 1.6 kilometres
  2. 4. The "upwards" angle from the horizontal to a line of sight from the observer to some point of interest.
  3. 6. a unit for measuring volume
  4. 9. in a right-angled triangle the square of the length of the side opposite the 90° angle is equal to the squares of each of the other two sides added together
  5. 11. (in a triangle that has one angle of 90°) the ratio of the length of the side next to an angle less than 90°, divided by the length of the hypotenuse
  6. 12. is measured as distance moved over time.
  7. 13. a type of question that describes something in a difficult and confusing way and has a clever or funny answer, often asked as a game
  8. 15. (in a triangle that has one angle of 90°) the ratio of the length of the side opposite an angle less than 90° divided by the length of the shorter of the two sides that are next to the angle
Down
  1. 1. (in a triangle that has one angle of 90°) the ratio of the length of the side opposite an angle less than 90° divided by the length of the hypotenuse.
  2. 3. a section of a line between two points
  3. 5. a measurement of temperature on a standard in which 32° is the temperature at which water freezes and 212° that at which it boils
  4. 7. the longest side of any triangle that has one angle of 90°
  5. 8. The "downwards" angle from the horizontal to a line of sight from the observer to some point of interest.
  6. 10. in cricket, a set of three vertical sticks with two small pieces of wood balanced across the top of them, at which the ball is aimed.
  7. 14. a unit of measurement equal to three feet or approximately 91.4 centimetres