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Force and motion crossword puzzles on gravity, friction, speed, and Newton's laws.

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Force and Motion

Medium · 15×15 · 14 words
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  1. 2. Force that opposes the relative motion of two touching surfaces
  2. 3. Quantity that has only a size and no direction, like speed
  3. 8. Force of attraction between any two objects with mass
  4. 9. State in which all forces acting on an object are balanced
  5. 11. Describes a collision in which kinetic energy is conserved
  6. 12. Force produced by magnets that attracts or repels certain metals
  7. 14. Unit used to measure the strength of a force

Down

  1. 1. Tendency of an object to resist changes in its motion
  2. 4. Rate at which an object's velocity changes over time
  3. 5. Straight-line distance and direction between an object's start and end points
  4. 6. Size or strength of a force or quantity
  5. 7. Single force that represents the combined effect of two or more forces
  6. 10. Quantity that has both size and direction, like velocity
  7. 13. Measure of how much matter an object contains, unaffected by gravity

Force and Motion

Easy · 11×11 · 13 words
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  1. 1. To no longer be moving
  2. 5. Measure of how strongly gravity pulls on an object
  3. 7. To move by turning over and over, like a ball
  4. 8. State in which forces on an object cancel each other out
  5. 10. Act of changing position or moving from place to place
  6. 11. A push or a pull that can change how something moves

Down

  1. 1. How fast an object is moving
  2. 2. To press against something to move it away from you
  3. 3. To grab something and move it toward you
  4. 4. Force that slows objects down when surfaces rub together
  5. 6. Force that pulls objects down toward the ground
  6. 9. To change position or location
  7. 10. Amount of matter that makes up an object

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