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Physics Definition Match #1 — myVocabulary.com

  • These Definition Match vocabulary activities include vocabulary games and word puzzles with a vocabulary list. They are 1 of 8 free online word games.
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  • Common Core alignment to a Definition Match puzzle is to the key phrase "Precise Meaning". CCSS Alignment Strand Numbers for Specific Grades: Precise Meaning: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4e, 3.4d, 4.4c, 5.4c, 6.4c, 7.4c, 8.4c, 9-10.4c, 11-12.4c
Directions:

MATCH the Physics vocabulary words numbered in the left hand column with the proper definitions of the 12 words in letters “A to L” in the right hand column. Use the pull down “Select” bar to choose the correct Physics letter match.
When you hit “Submit”, you will get back the correct Physics vocabulary answers as well as the percentage score for how many questions you answered correctly.
Clue:

These Physics vocabulary words come from the Physics themed activities. In addition to this Definition Match exercise, myvocabulary.objectsdev.com also features a free Interactive Puzzle and Fill-in-the-Blanks. myvocabulary.objectsdev.com will have a Word Find, Crossword, a Contextual Story, True/False worksheet, Synonym/Antonym Encounter and a Concentration activity with these same 12 Physics vocabulary words.

You have permission to make a hard copy for further vocabulary study about Physics vocabulary at home or in the classroom from myvocabulary.objectsdev.com.

Word List

1) magnet
2) resistance
3) atomic
4) kinetic
5) fulcrum
6) gravitation
7) equilibrium
8) incandescent
9) pressurize
10) velocity
11) centrifugal
12) matter

Definition List

A) Concerned with a tiny particle; related to energy that can be liberated by changes in the nucleus of the smallest particle of an element or involved with a bomb with violent explosive power (adjective)
B) Proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis (adjective)
C) A static or dynamic state of balance between opposing forces or actions (noun)
D) The support, or point of rest, on which a lever turns in moving a body (noun)
E) The force of attraction between any two masses; the act or process caused by this force (noun)
F) White or glowing with intense heat, strikingly bright, radiant or clear; producing light by a glowing condition of a body due to its high temperature (adjective)
G) Characterized by movement; pertaining to or caused by motion (adjective)
H) Mass of iron or other material that possess the property to attract or repel certain substances (noun)
I) The substance of which any physical object is composed of (solid, liquid or gaseous) (noun)
J) To maintain near-normal atmospheric force during high altitude or space flight (verb)
K) The act of withstanding the force or effect of; the opposition offered by a body or substance to the passage through it of an electrical current (noun)
L) Quickness of motion; speed; rate of event or action (noun)
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