Physics Vocab Everyone Should Know After HS Physics :-)

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Across
  1. 4. Force that opposes motion between surfaces in contact
  2. 5. Region around a magnet where forces are exerted
  3. 9. Circuit with multiple paths for current
  4. 10. Speed at which a wave travels through a medium
  5. 12. Tendency of an object to resist changes in motion
  6. 13. Distance between repeating points of a wave
  7. 14. Opposition to the flow of electric current
  8. 15. Circuit with one path for current
  9. 16. Product of mass and velocity
  10. 17. Wave where motion is parallel to direction of travel
  11. 18. Number of cycles per second
  12. 19. Wave where motion is perpendicular to direction of travel
  13. 20. Energy cannot be created or destroyed only transformed
  14. 24. Wave that can travel through empty space
  15. 25. Change in momentum caused by a force over time
  16. 27. Ratio of useful output work to input work
  17. 29. Support force exerted by a surface
  18. 30. Speed in a given direction
  19. 32. Change in position of an object over time
  20. 33. Height of a wave from its rest position
  21. 34. Bending of a wave as it enters a new medium
  22. 35. Object launched into the air and moving under gravity alone
  23. 36. Overall force acting on an object after all forces are combined
  24. 38. Energy of motion
  25. 39. Force of gravity acting on an object
  26. 40. Path followed by a projectile
  27. 41. Motion of an object along a circular path
  28. 44. Interaction between objects resulting in exchange of momentum
  29. 45. Magnet created by electric current
  30. 46. Unit of electrical resistance
  31. 47. Rate at which work is done
  32. 49. Push or pull acting on an object
  33. 50. Rate at which electrical energy is used
  34. 52. Sum of kinetic and potential energy
  35. 53. Mechanical wave that requires a medium
  36. 54. Measure of the amount of matter in an object
  37. 55. Rate at which distance is traveled
  38. 56. Force transmitted through a string rope or cable
  39. 57. Diagram showing forces acting on an object
Down
  1. 1. Rate of change of velocity
  2. 2. Electric potential difference between two points
  3. 3. Frictional force acting on objects moving through air
  4. 6. Change in position in a specific direction
  5. 7. Acceleration due to gravity acting downward
  6. 8. Process of generating current by changing a magnetic field
  7. 11. Stored energy due to position or configuration
  8. 21. Ability to do work
  9. 22. Force of attraction between masses
  10. 23. Spreading of a wave around an opening or obstacle
  11. 26. Total length of path traveled by an object
  12. 28. Total momentum remains constant in a closed system
  13. 31. Force that keeps an object moving in a circular path
  14. 37. Unit of force in the SI system
  15. 42. Constant velocity in horizontal direction of projectile motion
  16. 43. Bouncing of a wave off a surface
  17. 48. Product of force and displacement in the direction of motion
  18. 51. Flow of electric charge