Physical Science Vocabulary Review

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Across
  1. 3. The rate at which an object's velocity changes
  2. 6. The tendency of an object to resist changes in its velocity
  3. 8. When force is applied to a confined fluid, the pressure increases equally at all points in the fluid
  4. 12. The rate at which an object's position changes
  5. 17. The force which opposes the motion of an object rubbing against another
  6. 18. The application of a force to move an object over some distance
  7. 22. The transfer of heat between adjacent particles without the material itself moving
  8. 23. A device that makes work easier by changing the amount or direction of force needed
  9. 25. A change in position for an object relative to a reference point
  10. 27. The energy which an object has because it is in motion
  11. 30. The upward force that a fluid exerts on any object immersed in it
  12. 31. A measure of the total kinetic energy of particles in an object
Down
  1. 1. The overall effect of all forces applied to an object
  2. 2. Fuels formed from the remains of buried organic matter over hundreds of millions of years
  3. 4. The pressure exerted by a moving stream of fluid is less than the pressure exerted by the surrounding fluid
  4. 5. The force per unit area applied to a surface
  5. 7. Any energy stored in an object to be released later
  6. 9. A substance whose particles can easily move past each other
  7. 10. A measure of the average kinetic energy of particles in an object
  8. 11. The transfer of heat by currents in a fluid
  9. 13. The strength of the buoyant force on an object is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by that object
  10. 14. The amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of one kilogram of a substance by one kelvin
  11. 15. The rate at which work is done
  12. 16. The force that every object in the universe exerts to pull on every other object based on mass and distance
  13. 19. The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves (light)
  14. 20. A measure of what percentage of a machine's input work is converted to output work
  15. 21. A combination of speed and direction to describe an object's motion
  16. 24. The ability to do work
  17. 26. The transfer of thermal energy from an object at higher temperature to one at lower temperature
  18. 28. A push or pull applied to an object
  19. 29. The "amount" of motion an object has, equal to its mass times velocity