Forces and Motion in a Rollercoaster

If you know the distance a rollercoaster travels and the time it takes on the track, you can calculate the

• speed

• acceleration

• motion

The roller coaster car begins to move due to

• Newton's first law of motion

• Newton's second law of motion

• Newton's third law of motion

The roller coaster car changes direction due to

• balanced forces

• an unbalanced force applied

• an action and reaction force

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At the end of the rollercoaster ride, this force is needed because it resists motion between two surfaces that are pressed together.

• gravity

• velocity

• friction

A rollercoaster has a mass that requires _ to accelerate

• force

• friction

• momentum

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If you increase the force on the mass of the roller coaster, then this will also increase.

• acceleration

• friction

• direction

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If 2 roller coaster cars race, the car with greater mass will have a lower acceleration. This is an example of Newton's _ Law of Motion.

• first

• second

• third

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Which law states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction?

• Newton's First Law of Motion

• Newton's Second Law of Motion

• Newton's Third Law of Motion

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When does a roller coaster car accelerate?

• only when it turns

• only when it stops at the end

• only when it speeds up down the hill

• both when it turns or changes it speed

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Before the rollercoaster ride starts and there is no motion is an example of

• unbalanced forces

• gravity

• balanced forces

• contact force