Forces in Action

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Force that pulls objects toward the Earth (7)
  2. 4. A device that attracts iron and produces a ___ field (plural) (7)
  3. 7. To direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes (7)
  4. 9. A material's opposition to the flow of electric current (10)
  5. 13. A long rod of wood or metal or plastic (plural) (5)
  6. 14. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 (plural) (7)

Down

  1. 1. The resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another (8)
  2. 2. An unforeseen development (5)
  3. 5. The ___ point of the Earth's axis (9)
  4. 6. The act of physically reaching or thrusting out (7)
  5. 8. To cause to move back by force or influence (5)
  6. 10. The ___ point of the Earth's axis (9)
  7. 11. Enterprising or ambitious drive (4)
  8. 12. The season of growth (6)
  9. 13. The force used in ___ (4)