Chapter 12 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. A friction force that acts on rolling objects, caused by the change in shape at the point of rolling contact
  2. 3. The force of gravity acting on an object
  3. 4. A friction force that opposes the motion of an object through a fluid
  4. 5. A friction force that acts on objects that are not moving
  5. 7. Fluid friction acting on an object moving through air
  6. 9. A push or pull that acts on an object
  7. 10. An attractive that acts between any two objects
  8. 11. A friction force that acts on objects that are not moving
  9. 12. A measure of the inertia of an object, depends on the amount of matter the object contains
  10. 13. The attraction between any tow objects because of their masses
  11. 15. The SI unit for force, equal to the force that causes a 1-kilogram mass to accelerate at a rate of 1 meter per 1 second squared (1 N = 1 kg*m/s2)
  12. 16. The product of an object’s mass and its velocity
  13. 17. A force that opposes the motion of objects that touch as they move past each other
  14. 19. The curved path of an object in free fall after it is given an initial forward velocity
Down
  1. 2. Law stating that the total momentum of a system does not change if no net force acts on the system
  2. 6. The tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion
  3. 8. A force that continuously changes the direction of an object to make it move in a circle
  4. 14. The constant velocity of a falling object when the force of air resistance equals the force of gravity
  5. 18. The overall force acting on an object after all the forces are combined