Physics Facts

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Across
  1. 2. Current flow from positive to negative.
  2. 3. Same number of protons; different number of neutrons
  3. 5. Straight line through 0 0 (8 12)
  4. 6. How energy is released in stars
  5. 7. Splitting of atoms in a nuclear power station
  6. 8. Number of complete waves passing a point per second.
  7. 10. Type of resistor who’s resistance can be changed.
  8. 14. 13.8 Billion years is the age of the …
  9. 16. Energy cannot be created or destroyed; we say it is...
  10. 17. Part of the electromagnetic spectrum with longest wavelength.
  11. 18. Radiation around us all the time
  12. 19. A beta particle is a high speed ... from the nucleus
  13. 20. 100 000 light years is the diameter of the … (5 3)
  14. 21. Rate of transfer of energy or rate of doing work
  15. 22. Method of heat transfer in solids
  16. 24. Energy is transferred … when a force moves through a distance
  17. 27. Most energetic particles leave the surface of a liquid causing cooling.
  18. 28. Area under a velocity time graph
  19. 35. Region in which an electric charge experiences a force(8 5)
  20. 37. Useful energy output divided by total energy input
  21. 38. Helium nucleus
  22. 40. Transmitting electricity at a high voltage and low current reduces energy lost as …
  23. 43. A voltage is ... when a conductor moves through a magnetic field.
  24. 46. Wire which melts when too much current flows
  25. 48. electrical work done by a source in moving a unit charge around a complete circuit (13 5)
  26. 52. -273°C (8 4)
  27. 53. A danger of this type of radiation is damage to surface cells and eyes.
  28. 55. Neither conduction or convection can occur in a vacuum because it has no ...
  29. 56. Star that forms at the end of a large mass stars lifecycle.
  30. 57. Good insulators often contain pockets of ... (7 3)
  31. 58. Easily magnetised and demagnetised (4 4)
  32. 59. Field with parallel and evenly spaced field lines.
Down
  1. 1. Vibration of particles is parallel to the direction of propagation of the wave
  2. 2. Point through which all the weight of an object appears to act (6 2 7)
  3. 4. work done by a unit charge passing between two points in a circuit(9 10)
  4. 9. Change in speed and direction of wave when it travels from one medium into another.
  5. 11. 3×10⁸ is the speed of an … wave in a vacuum.
  6. 12. Range of human hearing is from ... Hz to 20 000Hz
  7. 13. Also produced by low mass stars when white dwarfs are formed.(9 7)
  8. 15. Energy stored in a moving object.
  9. 23. This occurs if the angle of incidence is greater than the critical angle. (5 8 10)
  10. 25. Maximum displacement of a particle (in a wave) from the rest position
  11. 26. Gravitational force on an object that has mass.
  12. 29. Commutator on a motor (5 4)
  13. 30. Current where electrons flow constantly changes direction
  14. 31. Time taken for half the nuclei of that isotope in any sample to decay
  15. 32. Only allows current to flow in one direction
  16. 33. Vibration of particles is perpendicular to the direction of propagation of the wave.
  17. 34. Method of heat transfer by electromagnetic waves
  18. 36. unpredictable
  19. 39. Theory that the Universe expanded from a single point of high density and temperature.
  20. 41. Gradient of a velocity time graph
  21. 42. Part of the electromagnetic spectrum with highest frequency.
  22. 44. Method of heat transfer in liquids and gases
  23. 45. Killing bacterial in food.
  24. 47. Force that opposes motion
  25. 49. Charge passing a point per unit time
  26. 50. Measure of the quantity of mass in an object
  27. 51. Quantity that has size and direction
  28. 54. Wire attached to the metal casing of an appliance.