You are about to go on a roller coaster from Dolly World in Tennessee. Before starting, you had this cringy idea that your 6th grade lesson about kinetic and potential energy applies to the ride. What's the difference between the two?

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What type of energy are you building at this moment.

• Potential

• Kinetic

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Which best fits the current situation you are in.

• I am at the top of the roller coaster, I am full of kinetic energy

• Oh, man! I'm at the top of the roller coaster, I have maximum potential energy

• Her we go! I have equal amounts of potential and kinetic energy

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You just made your first drop down the roller coaster from the highest spot! Describe what happened to the potential energy you had at the top!

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Big loop! As you go up ______________ energy decreases while ____________ energy increases

• Kinetic, Potential

• Potential, Kinetic

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Last question and you can enjoy the ride! As you go down in the loop your ___________ energy decreases, while you __________ energy increases

• Kinetic, Potential

• Potential, Kinetic

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