Physics of Roller Coasters
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
1.
H
Y
S
I
S
A purging medicine (plural)
2.
G
F
O
C
A unit of ___ equal to the ___ exerted by gravity
3.
G
A
V
T
Y
Force that pulls objects toward the Earth
4.
M
O
I
N
The use of movements to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
5.
A
C
C
E
E
A
I
N
An increase in rate of change
6.
P
T
E
N
T
L
E
E
R
G
The mechanical ___ that a body has by virtue of its position
7.
R
I
I
O
N
The resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another
8.
P
E
E
How fast something moves
10.
M
E
T
R
The basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (plural)
11.
V
E
C
I
T
Distance travelled per unit time
12.
K
N
E
E
N
E
R
G
Y
The mechanical ___ that a body has by virtue of its motion
13.
R
E
S
T
N
C
E
A material's opposition to the flow of electric current
14.
A
L
I
L
O
Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars
15.
A
T
T
U
E
Elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface
17.
H
R
S
E
O
E
R
A unit of power equal to 746 watts
20.
P
I
T
I
V
Hopeful and optimistic; the opposite of negative
21.
N
E
A
V
E
A piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed
24.
H
E
L
S
Forces that provide energy and direction (plural)