Roller Coaster Physics

How fast is the world's fastest roller coaster?

• 129 mph
• 149 mph
• 179 mph
• 99 mph

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How tall is the world's tallest roller coaster?

• 456 feet
• 345 feet
• 654 feet
• 235 feet

The first roller coaster was made of what?

• Wood
• Steel
• Ice
• Iron

What force causes the carts to slow down?

• friction
• applying force
• gravity
• gravity and friction

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When measuring the force used on an object we use the unit:

• Meters
• Newtons
• Distance/Time
• None of these

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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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