Force and motion crossword puzzles on gravity, friction, speed, and Newton's laws.
Crossword clues used in force and motion puzzles, with answers and links to play.
“Rate at which an object's velocity changes over time”
ACCELERATION (12)
“Force produced by magnets that attracts or repels certain metals”
MAGNETISM (9)
“Force that opposes the relative motion of two touching surfaces”
FRICTION (8)
“Measure of how much matter an object contains, unaffected by gravity”
MASS (4)
“Quantity that has both size and direction, like velocity”
VECTOR (6)
“Quantity that has only a size and no direction, like speed”
SCALAR (6)
“Tendency of an object to resist changes in its motion”
INERTIA (7)
“Straight-line distance and direction between an object's start and end points”
DISPLACEMENT (12)
“Unit used to measure the strength of a force”
NEWTON (6)
“Describes a collision in which kinetic energy is conserved”
ELASTIC (7)
“Force of attraction between any two objects with mass”
GRAVITY (7)
“Size or strength of a force or quantity”
MAGNITUDE (9)
“State in which all forces acting on an object are balanced”
EQUILIBRIUM (11)
“Single force that represents the combined effect of two or more forces”
RESULTANT (9)
“To no longer be moving”
STOP (4)
“Force that slows objects down when surfaces rub together”
FRICTION (8)
“Act of changing position or moving from place to place”
MOTION (6)
“To change position or location”
MOVE (4)
“To press against something to move it away from you”
PUSH (4)
“State in which forces on an object cancel each other out”
BALANCE (7)
“Force that pulls objects down toward the ground”
GRAVITY (7)
“Measure of how strongly gravity pulls on an object”
WEIGHT (6)
“Amount of matter that makes up an object”
MASS (4)
“How fast an object is moving”
SPEED (5)
“To move by turning over and over, like a ball”
ROLL (4)
“A push or a pull that can change how something moves”
FORCE (5)
“To grab something and move it toward you”
PULL (4)