Roller Coaster Physics Quiz

Fill in the blank: As the car goes up a hill, kinetic energy is converted to ________ energy.

• gravitational potential

• thermal

• sound

• elastic potential

What is the relationship between potential energy, kinetic energy, and total energy?

• Total energy is the sum of potential and kinetic energy

• Total energy is only potential energy

• Total energy is only kinetic energy

• Total energy is unrelated to potential and kinetic energy.

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In the experiment, which of the following affects if the egg breaks?

• Mass of the car only

• Speed of the car only

• Momentum of the car

• Kinetic Energy of the car

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What happens to the potential energy of a car as it descends a hill?

• It increases

• It is converted to sound energy

• It decreases

• It remains constant

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What type of energy transformation occurs when a car stops suddenly?

• Potential to sound energy

• Kinetic to potential energy

• Potential to kinetic energy

• Kinetic to thermal energy

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What type of energy is at its maximum at the top of a roller coaster hill?

• Sound energy

• Potential energy

• Thermal energy

• Kinetic energy

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As a roller coaster car descends, what happens to its speed and kinetic energy?

• Speed decreases, kinetic energy remains constant

• Speed remains constant, kinetic energy decreases

• Speed increases, kinetic energy increases

• Speed decreases, kinetic energy decreases

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Which of the following best describes the energy transformation at the bottom of a roller coaster hill?

• Kinetic energy to thermal energy

• Potential energy to kinetic energy

• Kinetic energy to potential energy

• Potential energy to sound energy

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When a roller coaster car is at the highest point of a track, what can be said about its potential and kinetic energy?

• Potential energy is at its maximum, kinetic energy is at its minimum

• Both potential and kinetic energy are at their minimum

• Both potential and kinetic energy are at their maximum

• Potential energy is at its minimum, kinetic energy is at its maximum

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At the lowest point of a roller coaster track, what can be said about the car's kinetic energy?

• It is at its maximum

• It is at its minimum

• It is equal to potential energy

• It is converted to potential energy