Early Physics Fun: Bicycles: Criss Cross

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Across

  • 5. A pin, pole, or bar on or with which a wheel revolves is an ___.
  • 6. Less friction means more ___.
  • 7. To be ___ is to be capable of producing desired results, especially without waste.
  • 9. To power a bicycle, your body turns food into ___ power.
  • 10. ___ energy is energy associated with motion.

Down

  • 1. ___ is the area of science that has to do with matter and how it moves through space and time.
  • 2. ___ is the attraction of the earth for bodies at or near its surface.
  • 3. An influence that tends to produce a change in the speed or direction of motion of something is ___.
  • 4. A ___ is a stiff bar for applying force at one point of its length by effort applied at a second point.
  • 8. ___ is the force that resists motion between bodies in contact.

Word Bank

axle
efficient
force
friction
gravity
kinetic
lever
physics
speed
muscle