Roller Coaster Physics

Which was the first type of coaster created?

• steel coaster with hills

• wooden coaster with loops

• wooden ice slides

• none of the choices

Which type of coaster are there currently more of?

• wooden

• steel

What resists change in motion?

• Heat Energy

• Inertia

• Kinetic Energy

• Momentum

What is the physics that keeps an object from falling out when a coaster goes through a loop?

• centripetal force

• inertia

• gravity

• velocity

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When something is traveling fast, it has more:

• friction

• potential energy

• centripetal force

• kinetic energy

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Where would we find the most potential energy?

• the ground

• bottom of a hill

• middle of a hill

• top of a hill

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Who is considered the father of the American roller coaster?

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Phillip Hinkle

• Charles Alcoke

• La Marcus Adna Thompson

What is gravity?

• stored energy

• a force acting to pull two objects together

• energy and acceleration in motion

• the speed of an object

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What is acceleration?

• resistance an object to change its motion

• energy in motion

• the push or pull of an object

• an object changing speed or direction

What is kinetic energy?

• resistance an object to change its motion

• energy in motion

• the push or pull of an object

• an object changing speed or direction

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