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Roller Coaster Physics

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which was the first type of coaster created?

a)

steel coaster with hills

b)

wooden coaster with loops

c)

wooden ice slides

d)

none of the choices

2.

Which type of coaster are there currently more of?

a)

wooden

b)

steel

3.

What resists change in motion?

a)

Heat Energy

b)

Inertia

c)

Kinetic Energy

d)

Momentum

4.

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

a)

centripetal force

b)

inertia

c)

gravity

d)

velocity

5.

When something is traveling fast, it has more:

a)

friction

b)

potential energy

c)

centripetal force

d)

kinetic energy

6.

Where would we find the most potential energy?

a)

the ground

b)

bottom of a hill

c)

middle of a hill

d)

top of a hill

7.

Who is considered the father of the American roller coaster?

a)

Sir Isaac Newton

b)

Phillip Hinkle

c)

Charles Alcoke

d)

La Marcus Adna Thompson

8.

What is gravity?

a)

stored energy

b)

a force acting to pull two objects together

c)

energy and acceleration in motion

d)

the speed of an object

9.

What is acceleration?

a)

resistance an object to change its motion

b)

energy in motion

c)

the push or pull of an object

d)

an object changing speed or direction

10.

What is kinetic energy?

a)

resistance an object to change its motion

b)

energy in motion

c)

the push or pull of an object

d)

an object changing speed or direction

11.

What is potential energy?

a)

stored energy

b)

a force acting to pull two objects together

c)

energy and acceleration in motion

d)

the speed of an object

12.

What is velocity?

a)

resistance an object to change its motion

b)

energy in motion

c)

the push or pull of an object

d)

how fast something is traveling: speed and direction

13.

What is "g"?

a)

measurement to describe speed object is pulled to Earth by gravity

b)

a force acting to pull two objects together

c)

energy and acceleration in motion

d)

the speed of an object

14.

What is energy?

a)

the ability to do work

b)

a force acting to pull two objects together

c)

energy and acceleration in motion

d)

the speed of an object

15.

What is force?

a)

resistance an object to change its motion

b)

energy in motion

c)

the push or pull of an object

d)

how fast something is traveling: speed and direction

16.

Who created the 3 laws of motion?

a)

Bertie Botts

b)

Sir Isaac Newton

c)

Harry Potter

d)

Elon Musk

17.

What describes Newton's 1st Law of Motion?

a)

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction

b)

Force is equal to (the product) of mass times acceleration

c)

Any object in motion will continue to move in the same direction and speed unless forces act on it

d)

Potential energy is stored energy

18.

What is another name for Newton's First Law of Motion?

a)

Law of Chance

b)

Law of Energy

c)

Law of Acceleration

d)

Law of Inertia

19.

What describes Newton's 2nd Law of Motion?

a)

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction

b)

Force is equal to (the product) of mass times acceleration

c)

Any object in motion will continue to move in the same direction and speed unless forces act on it

d)

Potential energy is stored energy

20.

What describes Newton's 3rd Law of Motion?

a)

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction

b)

Force is equal to (the product) of mass times acceleration

c)

Any object in motion will continue to move in the same direction and speed unless forces act on it

d)

Potential energy is stored energy

21.

What does F=MxA stand for?

a)

form equals mass times action

b)

force equals mass times ancient

c)

force equals momentum times acceleration

d)

force equals mass times acceleration