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21. What gives a roller coaster its power? (What makes them go)? 22. What drives the roller coaster? 23. What helps keep the ride smooth? 24. Describe the difference between a wooden and steel roller coaster. 25. Click on Design a Roller Coaster. Follow the directions to create your own coaster. Did your design pass or fail? What was your safety rating? 26. What did you have to do in order to make your coaster fun and safe? Go to this site for a graphic of a roller coaster with labels identifying the types of forces that affect the coaster as it follows the track. Click on the labels to learn more about that force. http://search.eb.com/coasters/ride.html 27. Where does potential energy happen? 28. Where does the rider feel like they are falling? 29. Describe how gravitation and centripetal acceleration make a person feel. 30. Where do the riders experience acceleration? 31. Where do they experience centripetal force? 32. Describe how friction plays a necessary role in a roller coaster. Watch the Hot Wheels Car Animation: http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/kinema/avd.cfm 33. What is the RULE OF THUMB for velocity and acceleration? Watch the animations: Constant Velocity: http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/kinema/cpv.cfm Constant Acceleration: http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/kinema/pvpa.cfm 34. Sketch the position, velocity, and acceleration graphs for each of these motions. 35. What is obtained by calculating the slope of a positiontime graph? 36. What is obtained by calculating the slope of a velocitytime graph? Youre almost done! What did you learn? Visit the MoP page. http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mop/module.cfm Click on Continue, and then For Practice Mode. Click on the broad subject area, Mechanics. Under the Kinematic Concepts heading, answer questions about: Distance and Displacement Speed and Velocity Acceleration Under the Kinematic Graphing. Heading, answer questions about: Basics of p-t Graphs Interpreting p-t Graphs