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Terms to Learn
Transfer of Energy
Pendulums
Newton's Laws
Roller Coasters
100
the rate of change of velocity
What is acceleration?
100
the point on a roller coaster with maximum potential energy
What is the top of the highest hill?
100
the mass at the end of the rod or string of a pendulum
What is a bob?
100
An object in motion stays in motion and an object at rest stays at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force
What is 1st Law?
100
The country where roller coaster ancestors were first built
What is Russia?
200
energy associated with an object in motion
What is kinetic energy?
200
the point of the roller coaster with maximum kinetic energy
What is the bottom of the highest hill
200
one complete cycle or path of a pendulum
What is a vibration?
200
F=ma
What is 2nd Law?
200
the main difference between a roller coaster and a passenger train
What is no engine or power source?
300
the product of mass and velocity of an object
What is momentum?
300
moving objects that are lighter have less ____________ than heavier objects
What is momentum?
300
the time in seconds it takes for one complete vibration to occur.
What is a period?
300
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What is 3rd Law?
300
the hills and loops on a roller coaster get progressively small throughout the ride mainly because of this force
What is friction or drag?
400
a stored form of energy
What is potential energy?
400
when two objects collide the total momentum stays the same, but one object _______________ momentum to the other.
What is transfers?
400
the number of vibrations in a 30 second period will do this when the string is shortened.
What is increase?
400
any two objects have a force of attraction between them
What is the Law of Universal Gravitation?
400
Gravity pulls the roller coaster down the initial hill at an acceleration of this
What is 9.8 m/s2
500
the rate of change of direction
What is velocity?
500
One marble collides with seven other marbles, this many marbles will move away
What is one?
500
the effect of adding more mass to the pendulum bob
What is nothing?
500
the change of speed transferred when one object impacts another depends on the amount of force
What is 2nd Law?
500
an individual roller coaster cart carrying 4 people has ______________ kinetic energy than a roller coaster cart carrying 1 person.
What is more?