Forces and Hooke's Law

2. The word used to describe squashing or squeezing a spring so that it becomes shorter.
6. If you stretch a spring too far, it reaches its elastic ______ and will stay permanently bent.
7. The invisible force that pulls objects down towards the center of the Earth.
8. A type of applied force used to move an object closer to you.
11. The amount of matter in an object, which stays the exact same even if you go to space.
15. A word describing a material that returns to its original shape after being stretched or squashed.
16. The word used to describe the increase in a spring's length when a weight is attached to it.
17. The specific pulling force that acts along a stretched string, rope, or rubber band.
18. The force of gravity acting on an object's mass.

1. In Hooke's Law, the stretch of a spring is directly ______ to the amount of force pulling on it.
3. When forces are unequal and cause an object to start moving or change its speed, they are ______.
4. A force that slows things down and produces heat when two surfaces rub together
5. An invisible, non-contact force that attracts certain metals like iron and steel.
9. When all the forces acting on an object cancel each other out perfectly, the forces are ______.
10. A type of applied force used to move an object further away from you.
12. A coiled piece of metal that is often used in science labs to demonstrate Hooke's Law.
13. The last name of the scientist who discovered the mathematical rule for how springs stretch
14. The standard scientific unit used to measure force.