How Roller Coasters Work
Authored by John McCarty
Physics
3rd - 5th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What two forces drive roller coasters?
magnetic
gravity
electrical
inertia
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS2-1
NGSS.MS-PS2-2
NGSS.MS-PS2-4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is NOT on a roller coaster
track
series of cars
an engine
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What kind of energy is being created when a roller coaster moves up a hill?
electrical
magnetic
potential
moving (kinetic)
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS3-2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What kind of energy is created when a roller coaster moves over the hill and begins rolling?
electrical
magnetic
potential
moving (kinetic)
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS3-1
NGSS.MS-PS3-5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why does a roller coaster keep going?
potential energy
electrical energy
magnetic energy
inertia
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS3-1
NGSS.MS-PS3-4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Inertia causes roller coasters to go back up hills. When a roller coaster is going up a hill it is creating. . .
electrical
magnetic
potential
moving (kinetic)
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS3-1
NGSS.MS-PS3-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
After a roller coast moves over (crests) another hill, what energy is being used?
electrical
magnetic
potential
moving (kinetic)
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS3-1
NGSS.MS-PS3-2
NGSS.MS-PS3-5
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