Energy in height

Where does the most potential energy exist on a roller coaster?

• The top of the coaster
• The bottom of the coaster
• The middle of the coaster
• It is the same anywhere on the coaster

Jose is stretching a rubber band so that it is tight.  Before he lets the rubber band fly, the rubber band has:

• Magnetic Energy
• Kinetic Energy
• Potential Energy
• None of these types of Energy

 If a drop is steeper, the roller coaster will go...

• Faster
• Crash
• Slower
• Stop

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At the top of a loop there is more of this type of energy?

• Potential
• Kinetic

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Where is kinetic energy the LEAST on a roller coaster?

• At the bottom of the first hill
• At the top of the first hill
• Halfway down the first hill

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True or false: During a roller coaster ride, you do not lose or gain energy it just transfers between PE and KE throughout

• True
• False

The faster an object moves, the ________ kinetic energy it has. 

• more
• less
• none of the above
• all of the above 

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Where is potential energy the LEAST on a roller coaster?

• At the top of the first hill
• Halfway down the first hill
• At the bottom of the first hill

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What kind of energy are you using as you sled down a hill or ride a roller coaster?

• Kinetic Energy
• Potential Energy
• Electrical Energy
• Chemical Energy

Where is kinetic energy the GREATEST on a roller coaster?

• At the bottom of the first hill
• At the top of the first hill
• Halfway down the first hill

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