Year 9 physics revision
Across
- 3. The time it takes for the number of nuclei in a radioactive isotope to half.
- 4. A particle detector that is used with a counter to measure count-rate.
- 7. charge of a neutron
- 8. energy stored when an object with weight is lifted higher up
- 9. Smallest piece of an element.
- 10. Energy transferred when a force moves an object
- 11. the difference in energy (per coulomb of charge) between two points in a circuit.
- 15. a transformer that decreases voltage
- 16. a wire in a plug that carries current away from the component.
- 18. A type of radioactive decay in which a Helium nucleus is emitted from a larger nucleus.
- 19. A type of energy which an object can store.
- 22. a transformer that increases voltage
- 24. A positively charged subatomic particle
- 28. measures current. must be connected in series
- 30. Law that says energy cannot be created or destroyed.
- 32. percentage of input energy turned into useful energy
- 33. Live wire colour
- 34. The wire in a plug that carries the current into an appliance.
- 35. Unit for power
- 37. particle A positively charged particle made up of two protons and two neutrons.
- 39. wire in a plug connecting the metal case to Earth. only needed if the appliance has a metal case
- 42. The presence of unwanted radioactive atoms on or inside an object.
- 43. The rate of flow of electric charge.
- 44. another term for potential difference
- 45. energy stored in food and fuels
- 46. A type of radioactive decay in which a fast moving electron is emitted from the nucleus.
- 50. Exposure to radiation.
- 51. A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed.
- 52. Wasted energy, usually spread to the surroundings as heat
Down
- 1. A type of radioactive decay in which a packet of energy is emitted from the nucleus.
- 2. energy stored in a moving bullet
- 5. Earth wire colour
- 6. The number of neutrons and protons in the nucleus of an atom.
- 11. Energy transferred in 1 second
- 12. Device with a thin metal wire that will melt if too much current passes through a circuit
- 13. most of an atom is
- 14. Neutral wire colour
- 17. how much an object slows down current
- 18. The number of nuclei of a sample that are decaying each second.
- 20. has a relative charge of -1
- 21. Measures P.D. across a component.
- 23. An electric circuit with multiple paths
- 25. A neutral subatomic particle found in the nucleus.
- 26. The centre of an atom.
- 27. An atom in which the number of electrons is different to the number of protons, giving it an overall charge.
- 29. Describes a substance that spontaneously emits radiation from the nuclei of its atoms.
- 31. A model of the atom that says that the atom has a small, central positively charged nucleus with negatively charged electrons moving around the nucleus.
- 36. The network of cables and transformers.
- 38. Current which is a flow of electric charge that is constantly switching its direction forwards and backwards.
- 40. The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom.
- 41. The unit for energy
- 47. An electric circuit with a single path
- 48. Electric current that flows in only one direction
- 49. A subatomic particle that orbits the nucleus.