Roller Coaster Physics - Tech Systems

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

At the top of the first hill in a roller coaster, they have the most ...

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• friction

• thermal energy

The mass of the roller coaster car and the people in it stays constant. What changes the amount of force your feel while riding?

• gravity

• friction

• changes in acceleration

• newton's first law of motion

what are g forces?

• force of gravity felt when you're at a very high height

• a strong force felt on very fast roller coasters

• forces that are dangerous to the human body even in small amounts

• acceleration on a body related to acceleration of gravity

The scientific law that states "for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction."

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

• Newton's 4th Law

The force that happens when two surfaces rub against each other (and opposes motion)

• kinetic energy

• rolling friction

• gravitational potential energy

The force that pulls objects toward each other (depends on the object's mass and distance from each other)

• kinetic energy

• gravity

• velocity

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

• Newton's 1st Law

• Newton's 2nd Law

• Newton's 3rd Law

• Newton's 4th Law

The force at the top of the roller coaster hill, before it starts to descend is:

• gravitational potential energy

• gravitational velocity

• gravitational kinetic energy

The distance an object travels in a certain period of time, without regard to direction, is

• motion

• velocity

• acceleration

• speed