Across
- 2. the ratio of the force affecting the spring to the displacement caused by it
- 3. rate of flow of electric charge
- 6. locus of a point that moves such that its distance from a fixed straight line
- 7. difference between the measured value and the actual value
- 9. an instrument used for measuring electric potential difference between two points in an electric circuit
- 10. are due to identified causes and can, in principle, be eliminated
- 11. closeness of two or more measurements to each other
- 13. forces that contribute to the momentum change of an individual object are the forces acting between the objects themselves
- 14. the capacity for doing work
- 17. an indication of how close a series of measurements are to an accepted value
- 19. property of a body by virtue of which it opposes any agency that attempts to put it in motion or, if it is moving, to change the magnitude or direction of its velocity
- 24. an object upon which the only force is gravity
- 26. a certain amount of force you apply for a certain amount of time to cause a change in momentum
- 27. an electrical component that limits or regulates the flow of electrical current in an electronic circuit
- 29. the SI base unit of electrical current
- 30. a proportionality constant, more precisely
- 36. rate of change of velocity
- 37. standard unit of electrical resistance
- 40. the product of a system's mass multiplied by its velocity
- 42. a piece of transparent material that is shaped so as to cause light rays to bend in a specific way as they pass through it
- 44. describes the forces that are in opposition to the relative motion of an object as it passes through the air
- 45. vector sum of all the forces that act upon an object
- 46. sudden, forceful coming together in direct contact of two bodies
- 48. a form of energy that an object or a particle has by reason of its motion
- 51. measure of energy transfer that occurs when an object is moved over a distance by an external force at least part of which is applied in the direction of the displacement
- 52. the force of gravity on the object
- 53. force that resists the sliding or rolling of one solid object over another
- 54. the force that surfaces exert to prevent solid objects from passing through each other
- 55. a point on a surface wave where the displacement of the medium is at a maximum
- 56. the maximum displacement or distance moved by a point on a vibrating body or wave measured from its equilibrium position
Down
- 1. the number of waves that pass a fixed point in unit time
- 4. measure of how quickly an organism can respond to a particular stimulus
- 5. the point where light rays originating from a point on the object converge
- 8. the amount of potential energy between two points on a circuit
- 12. the emission or transmission of energy in the form of waves or particles through space or through a material medium
- 15. the path that an object with mass in motion follows through space as a function of time
- 16. curved like the inner surface of a sphere or bowl
- 18. the physical quantity that has only magnitude
- 20. the change in direction of a wavefront at an interface between two different media so that the wavefront returns into the medium from which it originated
- 21. a force that acts on a body moving in a circular path and is directed toward the center around which the body is moving
- 22. a generic term describing a single disturbance that moves through a transmission medium
- 23. a quantity that has both magnitude and direction
- 25. a physical system that does not allow transfer of matter in or out of the system
- 28. a measure of the opposition to current flow in an electrical circuit
- 31. an object that is falling under the sole influence of gravity
- 32. relatively small deformations of an object, the displacement or size of the deformation is directly proportional to the deforming force or load
- 33. the amount of energy transferred or converted per unit time
- 34. a disturbance that travels through a medium from one location to another location
- 35. the position of a point in time (instant) on a waveform cycle
- 38. describes the ability of the optical system to focus light
- 39. distance between corresponding points of two consecutive waves
- 41. quantitative measure of inertia
- 43. a measure of the force that can cause an object to rotate about an axis
- 47. a push or pull that acts upon an object
- 49. the change in direction of a wave passing from one medium to another caused by its change in speed
- 50. Rise over Run