Roller Coaster Physics

The tendency of matter to resist a change in motion is...

• inertia/Newton's 1st Law

• gravity

• velocity

• kinetic energy

The scientific law that states "for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction."

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

• Newton's 4th Law

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The force that happens when two surfaces rub against each other (and it opposes motion)

• kinetic energy

• rolling friction

• gravitational potential energy

Stored energy, resulting from an object's position or shape.

• acceleration

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

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The scientific law that "acceleration depends on the net force acting on the object and on the object's mass."

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

• Newton's 4th Law

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The distance an object travels in a certain period of time, without regard to direction, is ...

• motion

• velocity

• speed

• acceleration

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The force that pulls objects toward each other (depends on the objects' mass and distance from each other) is ...

• kinetic energy

• velocity

• gravity

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A change in velocity

• motion

• acceleration

• potential energy

• friction

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A change in position

• motion

• acceleration

• potential energy

• friction

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The force at the top of a roller coaster hill, before it starts to descend is:

• gravitational velocity

• gravitational kinetic energy

• gravitational potential energy

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