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What are the main energy transfers that happen as a roller coaster cart travels along the track fromthe start of the ride to the end?
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Basically the main energy transfers in a Roller Coasters are, Gravitational Potential Energy (PE), Kinetic Energy (KE) and some energy is lost through Heat and Sound.
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What are the main energy transfer sthat happen as a roller coaster cart travels along the track from the start of the ride to the end?
At the top of the hill the roller coaster car has potential energy and no kinetic energy but as the car goes down the hill the kinetic energy increases and the potential energy decreases. This pattern continues at every top and every bottom of each hill. A roller coaster track is built with each hill getting a little smaller each time as the car looses energy over each hill due to air resistance and friction. As the car travels along the tracks some of the kinetic energy is converted to thermal energy because of the friction.
What is transferred on a wave?
Many things travel in waves: light, energy, water, and sound.
What a wave transfers?
energy.
What is the energy transfer in an electric cooker?
in the cooker energy transfers that goes in is electric energy, transfers that go out are heat and light energy
The matter through which waves transfers energy?
The matter through which waves transfers energy is a medium.
How the energy transfers determine the heights of the hills on a roller coaster?
the higher the hill the greater the energy transfers.
What is Light from the Sun transfers solar energy to the Earth system Sunlight travels to Earth as wave?
Electromagnetic
Explain how the energy from the sun travels from the sun and allows us to feels its warmth on your face?
The energy travels from the sun through the form of radiation. We feel the UV part of that radiation, which transfers it's energy to our skin cells, which heat up as a result.
What are the main energy transfer sthat happen as a roller coaster cart travels along the track from the start of the ride to the end?
At the top of the hill the roller coaster car has potential energy and no kinetic energy but as the car goes down the hill the kinetic energy increases and the potential energy decreases. This pattern continues at every top and every bottom of each hill. A roller coaster track is built with each hill getting a little smaller each time as the car looses energy over each hill due to air resistance and friction. As the car travels along the tracks some of the kinetic energy is converted to thermal energy because of the friction.
How does sound travel in air?
Sound Waves push air particles out of the way.Sound travels as a wave. each particle of air transfers the sound energy to the next.
How sound travel in air?
Sound Waves push air particles out of the way.Sound travels as a wave. each particle of air transfers the sound energy to the next.
What poorly transfers in thermal energy?
Thermal energy poorly and slowly transfers in liquids
What is transferred on a wave?
Many things travel in waves: light, energy, water, and sound.
On a Roller Coaster where is the potential energy?
When the roller coaster is at its highest position and is not moving then its potential energy is highest
Where is potential energy on a roller coaster?
When the roller coaster is at its highest position and is not moving then its potential energy is highest
When does a roller coaster increase kinetic energy?
The roller coaster increases kinetic energy when its velocity is increasing.
What a wave transfers?
energy.
