Energy
A property of matter, comes in many forms such as heat, sound, light, and motion
Energy
The Flow of Electrons
Electric Energy
Roller coasters are direct ancestors of these.... very popular in Russia during the 16th and 17th centuries.
Ice Slides
At all times while on the roller coaster, this force is acting on you at different strengths
Gravity
Which one of Newton's laws of motion is on example during a roller coaster ride
Inertia (first law)
Stored Energy
Potential Energy
Energy of Motion
Kinetic Energy
The French changed the Ice Slides to this ... because of the warmer climates
Waxed Slides
When riding a roller coaster this force, makes you feel pushed back in your seat or foward into your restraining bar
Acceleration
Energy can neither be created nor destroyed, it simply changes form
Law of Conservation of Energy
The energy of an object based on its motion or position
Mechanical Energy
Vibrating molecules that affect temperature
Thermal Energy
This was the first American roller coaster..... in the Pennsylvania Mountains
Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway
Gravity and Momentum
Stored in the compression or stretching of elastic materials
Elastic Energy
Light waves, both visible and invisible
Electromagnetic Energy
Molecules bumping into each other to transmit sound
Sound Energy
Original roller coasters were actually this..... before becoming the thrill rides they are today.
Scenic Tours
At the top of a hill on a conventional coaster, inertia may carry you up, while the coaster car has already started to follow the track down. Let go of the safety bar, and you'll actually lift up out of your seat for an instant. Coaster enthusiasts refer to this moment of free fall as.....
Air Time
To build up momentum, this system is used to pull cars up the initial hill.
Chain Lift
Stored in the nucleus of radioactive atoms
Nuclear Energy
Is the energy stored in chemical bonds
Chemical Energy
In the 1970's and 80's there was the second boom of roller coasters, which were now being made out of this material.....
Steel
What factors determine the intensity of the acceleration force in a loop-the-loop?
Speed and Angle of the Loop
To build up momentum, instead of pulling cars up a hill, this system is used to give riders an initial burst of kinetic energy
Catapult Launch Lift