Roller coaster quiz

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

What force causes the carts to slow down?

• friction
• applying force
• gravity
• gravity and friction

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When measuring the force used on an object we use the unit:

• Meters
• Newtons
• Distance/Time
• None of these

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

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The force that makes a roller coaster roll is...?

• Rocket Power
• Gravity
• Motors
• Gears

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When the cart started rolling the energy transformation was ______.

• Potential to kinetic
• Kinetic to potential
•  No energy was transformed
• Totally awesome dude!!!!!! 

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Objects that are changing their speed or their direction are said to be 

• Energy
• acceleration
• speed
• unbalanced forces

The velocity of an object is:

• Acceleration
• Speed only
• Speed in a certain direction
• Force

When you push on an object and your friend pulls on the same object and the object does not move, this is an example of:

• Net forces
• Regular forces
• Unbalanced forces
• Balanced forces

You pushing on a chair by sitting down and the chair pushing back on you is an example of:

• Newton's 1st Law
• Newton's 2nd Law
• Newton's 3rd Law
• None of these