Roller Coaster

How fast is the world's fastest roller coaster?

• 129 mph

• 179 mph

• 250 mph

• 99 mph

 The two most important forms for amusement park rides are kinetic and potential _____

• acceleration
• Friction
• force
• energy

What force caused your cart to slow down?

• friction
• applying force
• gravity
• gravity and friction

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

The force that makes a roller coaster roll is

• Rocket Power
• Gravity
• Motors
• Gears

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

• Faster
• Crash
• Slower
• Stop

When you are at the top of a hill on a roller coaster you have what type of energy?

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

Where is potential energy the GREATEST on a roller coaster?

• At the bottom of the first hill
• At the top of the first hill
• Half way down the first hill

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

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