Roller Coaster Review

The first roller coaster was made of what?

• Wood
• Steel
• Ice
• Iron

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

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The force that makes a roller coaster roll is...?

• Rocket Power
• Gravity
• Motors
• Gears

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

• Faster
• Crash
• Slower
• Stop

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________ is the energy possessed by an object because of its motion.

• Power
• Force 
• energy
• kinetic energy

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When the cart started rolling the energy transformation was ______.

• Potential to kinetic
• Kinetic to potential
•  No energy was transformed
• Totally awesome dude!!!!!! 

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How do roller coasters make it to the top of the hill?

• a motorized chain

• magnets

• the engine

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When does a roller coaster reach its maximum potential energy?

• At the bottom of the hill

• At the top of the hill

• When going around a loop

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Potential energy changes to what type of energy after a roller coaster goes down a hill?

• gravitational

• positional

• Kinetic

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

• acceleration
• Friction
• force
• energy

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