Roller Coaster Physics Vocabulary

Q1. The tendency of matter to resist a change in motion is...

• inertia/Newton's 1st Law

• kinetic energy

• velocity

• gravity

1. Energy due to motion is ____________ energy.

• Potential

• Energy

• Kinetic

• Friction

__________ is stored energy.

• Potential

• Kinetic

• None of the above

• All of the above

Friction is a force that acts in an ___________ direction of movement.

• similar

• opposite

• parallel

• west

A ______ is a push or a pull acting upon an object

• acceleration

• friction

• force

• energy

This is a force that moves a roller coaster car down the tracks.

• push

• magic

• slide

• gravity

Velocity is both ____ and _____.

• volume, density

• speed, direction

• mass, direction

• magnitude, direction

Gravity is the force objects put on each other because of their ______.

• mass

• acceleration

• speed

• friction

The momentum of an object depends upon the object's ___________&_____________.

• mass, shape

• mass, speed

• mass, energy

• mass, velocity

What is mass?

• the force of an object caused by gravity

• the amount of matter in an object

• the amount of space something takes up

• how fast something is moving