Roller Coaster Physics

A ______ is a push or a pull acting upon an object

• Acceleration

• force

• friction

• energy

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

• centripetal force

• inertia

• gravity

• velocity

The tendency of matter to resist a change in motion is...

• inertia/Newton's 1st Law

• gravity

• velocity

• kinetic energy

The scientific law that "acceleration depends on the net force acting on the object and on the object's mass."

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

• Newton's 4th Law

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Some early roller coasters caused whiplash and neck injuries due to ...

• drops that were too steep

• high g forces

• carts that didn't stay on track

• very low g forces

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Positive G forces typically occur on

• when a train goes around an un-banked corner, or a corner not banked far enough.

• when a train crests a hill at speed, or suddenly dips sharply downwards.

• banked turns or when the train pulls up a hill after going down a drop.

• The regular force of gravity when still.

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Negative G forces typically occur on

• when a train goes around an un-banked corner, or a corner not banked far enough.

• when a train crests a hill at speed, or suddenly dips sharply downwards.

• banked turns or when the train pulls up a hill after going down a drop.

• The regular force of gravity when still.

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G forces typically occur on

• when a train goes around an un-banked corner, or a corner not banked far enough.

• when a train crests a hill at speed, or suddenly dips sharply downwards.

• banked turns or when the train pulls up a hill after going down a drop.

• The regular force of gravity when still.

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Lateral G forces typically occur on

• when a train goes around an un-banked corner, or a corner not banked far enough.

• when a train crests a hill at speed, or suddenly dips sharply downwards.

• banked turns or when the train pulls up a hill after going down a drop.

• The regular force of gravity when still.

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

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