Roller Coaster Physics Student
Exploration
What happens to potential energy as the car goes up the hill? - CORRECT ANSWER-It
increases
What happens to kinetic energy as the car goes down the hill? - CORRECT ANSWER-It
increases
What happens to kinetic energy as the car goes up the hill? - CORRECT ANSWER-It
decreases
Draw conclusions: How are potential energy, kinetic energy, and total energy related? -
CORRECT ANSWER-While the potential energy of an object decreases the kinetic
energy increases and vice versa. The total energy of the object remains constant.
What is the mass of the 50-gram car, in kilograms? - CORRECT ANSWER-0.05 kg
Set Hill 1 to 75 cm and the other hills to 0 cm. What is the height in meters? -
CORRECT ANSWER-0.75 m
What is the potential energy of the car, in joules? - CORRECT ANSWER-0.37 J
What is the final speed of the car, in meters per second? - CORRECT ANSWER-3.836
m/s
What is the kinetic energy of the car, in joules? (Use the mass in kg.) - CORRECT
ANSWER-0.368 J
How does the car's kinetic energy at the bottom of the hill compare to its potential
energy at the top? - CORRECT ANSWER-The car's kinetic energy at the bottom of the
hill is 0 while the car's potential energy on the top of is at its highest.
Use algebra to solve for the speed. - CORRECT ANSWER-v = 442.9 cm/s
With no friction, does the final speed depend on the mass of the car? - CORRECT
ANSWER-no
Exploration
What happens to potential energy as the car goes up the hill? - CORRECT ANSWER-It
increases
What happens to kinetic energy as the car goes down the hill? - CORRECT ANSWER-It
increases
What happens to kinetic energy as the car goes up the hill? - CORRECT ANSWER-It
decreases
Draw conclusions: How are potential energy, kinetic energy, and total energy related? -
CORRECT ANSWER-While the potential energy of an object decreases the kinetic
energy increases and vice versa. The total energy of the object remains constant.
What is the mass of the 50-gram car, in kilograms? - CORRECT ANSWER-0.05 kg
Set Hill 1 to 75 cm and the other hills to 0 cm. What is the height in meters? -
CORRECT ANSWER-0.75 m
What is the potential energy of the car, in joules? - CORRECT ANSWER-0.37 J
What is the final speed of the car, in meters per second? - CORRECT ANSWER-3.836
m/s
What is the kinetic energy of the car, in joules? (Use the mass in kg.) - CORRECT
ANSWER-0.368 J
How does the car's kinetic energy at the bottom of the hill compare to its potential
energy at the top? - CORRECT ANSWER-The car's kinetic energy at the bottom of the
hill is 0 while the car's potential energy on the top of is at its highest.
Use algebra to solve for the speed. - CORRECT ANSWER-v = 442.9 cm/s
With no friction, does the final speed depend on the mass of the car? - CORRECT
ANSWER-no