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How do you spell roller coaster?
That is the preferred spelling of "roller coaster" (amusement park ride). The combined form "rollercoaster" is less common.
Where is mechanical energy on a roller coaster?
Mechanical energy is used on the chains that pull the roller coaster cars up the tallest incline, which is typically located at the start of the track. Mechanical energy is also used in the braking system that slows the cars to a stop at the end of the track.
How can energy change from potential to kinetic use a roller coaster car as an example?
In the case of a roller coaster car, gravity itself is the basis of both potential and kinetic, the difference being that if something obstructs or controls the rate at which gravity can act to draw an object or body toward the ground then that something would be conserving potential energy. If gravity were allowed to act on the roller coaster car unimpeded then the car would be drawn straight to the ground so the relationship between potential and kinetic energy for a roller coaster is a directly proportional relationship between the distance between the track and the ground, where the slope of the track and initial speed of the roller coaster car form the initial input of energy; potential in the form of distance from the ground and kinetic in the form of velocity.
Is roller coaster a organic form?
it is in a way the roller coster form being a curved form may come from an organic form .. being a rock or the sun watever u may decide .. but a roller coaster itself is not an organic form
Why do roller coasters end lower than where they start?
Since the top of the first hill is the highest point on the track, it's also the point at which the roller coaster's gravitational potential energy is greatest. As the roller coaster passes over the top of the first hill, its total energy is greatest. Most of that total energy is gravitational potential energy but a small amount is kinetic energy, the energy of motion. From that point on, the roller coaster does two things with its energy. First, it begins to transform that energy from one form to another--from gravitational potential energy to kinetic energy and from kinetic energy to gravitational potential energy, back and forth. Second, it begins to transfer some of its energy to its environment, mostly in the form of heat and sound. Each time the roller coaster goes downhill, its gravitational potential energy decreases and its kinetic energy increases. Each time the roller coaster goes uphill, its kinetic energy decreases and its gravitational potential energy increases. But each transfer of energy isn't complete because some of the energy is lost to heat and sound. Because of this lost energy, the roller coaster can't return to its original height after coasting downhill. That's why each successive hill must be lower than the previous hill. Eventually the roller coaster has lost so much of its original total energy that the ride must end. With so little total energy left, the roller coaster can't have much gravitational potential energy and must be much lower than the top of the first hill.
How does a roller coaster demonstrate potential and kinetic energy in action?
there is a lot of potential energy right before a roller coaster decreases in elevation. potential energy is at its highest on a roller coaster when the roller coaster is at its highest point. when it drops down it uses kinetic energy.
What causes some of the potential energy of a moveing rollar coster to be converted to thermal energy?
Friction between the roller coaster and the track surfaces causes some of the potential energy to be converted to thermal energy. As the roller coaster moves along the track, friction generates heat due to the resistance between the surfaces, leading to a transfer of energy in the form of heat. This conversion ultimately results in a loss of energy from the system.
What was the first successful stand up coaster in the world?
The first Russian Mountains, the earliest form of a roller coaster, begin to appear in Russia.
Why is a roller coaster not in the first law of thermodynamics?
Actually it is. The first law of thermodynamics tells us that you have to put energy into the roller coaster (in this case in the form of work) to get it to the top of the first hill; getting it to the top increases its potential energy. Once it starts moving down, most of that potential energy is converted to kinetic energy as it moves around the track. Over the course of its circuit of the track, energy is continuously converted back and forth between potential and kinetic energy - with some energy also being converted to heat through friction with the rails and with the air. Energy is conserved - thus we see the first law obeyed.
How do you spell rollacoaster?
The common spelling is two words "roller coaster" but it is also seen as one word or in hyphenated form.
Which is an example of evidence that energy is neither created nor lost during a transformation?
The law of conservation of energy states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed from one form to another. This is supported by examples such as the conversion of potential energy to kinetic energy in a roller coaster, where the total energy at the start is equal to the total energy at the end, despite changes in form.
The conversion of potential energy to kinetic energy demonstrates the what?
The conversion of potential energy to kinetic energy demonstrates the law of conservation of energy, which states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred from one form to another. In this case, potential energy is converted to kinetic energy as an object moves due to the force of gravity acting upon it.
