Roller Coaster

This is a force that moves a roller coaster car down the tracks.

• push

• magic

• gravity

• slide

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Where is kinetic energy the LEAST on a roller coaster?

• At the bottom of the first hill

• At the top of the first hill

• Halfway down the first hill

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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

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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At which point is potential energy greatest?

• W

• X

• Y

• Z

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On a roller coaster, where is maximum kinetic energy?

• At the bottom of a big hill

• When going around a corner

• When going upside down

• At the top of a big hill

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

• Power

• Force 

• energy

• kinetic energy

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What type of energy is primarily responsible for the movement of a roller coaster car at the top of a hill?

• Potential energy

• Kinetic energy

• Thermal energy

• Chemical energy

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