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Roller Coaster Physics Survey
Pre-test of roller coaster understanding.
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- At the bottom of a hill, a roller coaster has the greatest amount of potential energy.
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- "One G" of force is equal to the amount of gravity acting on you right now.
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- "Air time" on a roller coaster occurs when all of the forces are balanced.
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- Engineers don't revisit or change their design plans once they begin a project.
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- Roller coasters work by converting potential energy into kinetic energy.
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- Potential energy is the energy of motion.
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- Roller coasters are the leading cause of brain hematomas.
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- Inertia makes your body slam into the side of the car when a coaster turns sharply.
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- When you travel in a loop you don't fall out because of gravity.
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- Acceleration does not occur during sharp turns.
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