Chapter 12 Review

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Across
  1. 2. Force that opposes motion
  2. 3. Newton's ________ Law Law of motion that relates the net force acting on an object to its mass and acceleration
  3. 5. Product of an object's mass and velocity
  4. 8. Friction that opposes the start of motion
  5. 16. The frictional force of air acting against an object in motion
  6. 17. SI unit of force
  7. 18. Force that exists between charged particles and is responsible for the behavior of electric and magnetic fields
  8. 19. Friction that opposes the motion of an object sliding on a surface
  9. 20. Force of attraction between two objects due to their masses
  10. 21. The sum of all forces acting on an object
  11. 26. The motion of an object that is launched into the air and then follows a curved path under the influence of gravity
  12. 27. Italian scientist who made important contributions to the study of motion and the development of experimental physics
  13. 30. Force exerted on an object due to gravity
  14. 31. Forces that cancel each other out and result in no motion
Down
  1. 1. Law proposed by Newton that describes the gravitational force between two objects
  2. 4. The constant speed reached by an object falling through a fluid due to air resistance
  3. 6. Forces that result in motion in a particular direction
  4. 7. Force that acts on an object moving in a circular path and is directed toward the center of the circle.
  5. 9. Law of ___Law that states that the total momentum of a system of objects remains constant if there are no external forces acting on the system
  6. 10. Newton's ________ Law Law of motion that states that an object at rest will remain at rest, and an object in motion will remain in motion at a constant velocity, unless acted upon by an unbalanced force
  7. 11. Friction that opposes the motion of an object rolling on a surface
  8. 12. Amount of matter in an object
  9. 13. Tendency of an object to resist changes in its state of motion
  10. 14. Force of attraction between two objects
  11. 15. Force responsible for certain types of radioactive decay
  12. 22. Newton's ________ Law Law of motion that states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction
  13. 23. Friction that opposes the motion of an object through a fluid
  14. 24. Force that binds together the protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom
  15. 25. A push or a pull
  16. 28. Greek philosopher who proposed a theory of motion before the development of modern physics
  17. 29. English physicist and mathematician who developed the laws of motion and gravity