Across
- 3. ancient Greek philosopher, 384-322 BC
- 6. increase in speed
- 8. resistance to the motion of an object
- 10. type of mathematics developed by Newton and others
- 11. universal force of the attraction of all objects
Down
- 1. state of rest, or motion in a straight line
- 2. major tool of physics
- 4. My teacher calls himself
- 5. total quantity of an object's matter
- 7. the rate of motion in a particular direction. The formula that expresses it is: v=gt (velocity equals acceleration multiplied by time)
- 8. to a physicist the only forces in nature are gravity, electromagnetism, and the weak and strong nuclear force. Einstein and others believed these were different aspects of the same force
- 9. movement of an object
- 12. Einstein German-American physicist, 1879-1955; his theory showed that gravity affects light