Motion, Forces and Machines Crossword Puzzle
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QUESTIONS LIST:
- block and tackle : a machine made from two sets of pulleys
- cam : an oval or offset wheel designed as a mechanism to convert rotation into oscillation
- effort : the force applied to work a machine
- elastic : describes a material that springs back to shape when forces that changed its shape are removed
- force : a push or pull that tries to change an object's movement
- friction : the force that opposes motion when one surface slides, or tends to slide, over another
- gravity : the force that pulls objects towards the earth
- invention : a machine someone has created to do a task
- load : the force which a simple machine overcomes
- magnetic : affected by, or producing, magnetism; a piece of material that attracts iron and other magnetic materials with the magnetic force
- mechanisms : devices with moving parts, often designed to transform one kind of motion into another
- motion : movement
- movement : change of position; motion from one place to another
- oscillation : repeated to-and-fro movement
- pivot : a turning point such as a hinge
- pulley : a simple machine; a grooved wheel over which a rope or belt runs
- rollers : logs or other cylinder shapes placed under something to roll it along
- rotation : turning motion
- translation : movement in a straight line
