Roller Coasters

When riding a roller coaster, you go up and down many hills. As you get to the top of a roller coaster, what energy change is taking place.

• Potential energy is changed into kinetic energy.

• Kinetic energy is changed into potential energy.

• Chemical energy is changed into heat energy.

• Heat energy is changed into chemical energy. 

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The turns in a roller coaster help it to have more energy

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When a roller coaster is at the TOP (up) it has

• the GREATEST Potential Energy (GPE)

• the GREATEST Kinetic Energy (GKE)

• the lowest potential energy

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Which is the best example of kinetic energy converting into greatest potential energy?

• the roller coaster moving up

• the roller coaster moving down

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Which letter shows the greatest kinetic energy (GKE) and lowest potential energy (LPE)?

• Point A

• Point B

• Point C

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Which point has the GREATEST POTENTIAL energy and the LEAST KINETIC ENERGY?

• W

• X

• Y

• Z

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Which point has the greatest KINETIC energy (GKE)?

• D

• F

• B

• A

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AT POINT W. Which statement best describes the energy of the ball as it slows down while traveling to the top?

• The ball gains both kinetic and potential energy.

• The ball gains kinetic energy and loses potential energy.

• The ball loses both kinetic and potential energy.

• The ball loses kinetic energy and gains potential energy.

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Looking at the roller coaster, which letter shows potential energy and kinetic energy at equilibrium (50/50)?

• A

• B

• C

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What type of energy transformation occurs when a roller coaster descends from the highest point?

• Potential energy to kinetic energy

• Kinetic energy to potential energy

• Chemical energy to thermal energy

• Thermal energy to chemical energy

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