The Relationship between Gravitational Potential Energy on Kinetic Energy at Various Locations of a Roller Coaster

Respectfully Submitted to the Science Department
Of Blanche Ely High School
Gavin Frater
Dr. Pedro Torres
Anatomy and Physiology Period:1

Abstract

Table of Contents
4.………………………………………………………………………………… Introduction
8………………………………………………………………………………….. Hypothesis
8………………………………………………………………………………….. Materials
8…………………………………………………………………………………... Procedures
10…………………………………………………………………………………. Results
11………………………………………………………………………..Discussion/ conclusion
12………………………………………………………………………………… Bibliography
13………………………………………………………………………………… A. Appendix

Slowly, and sometimes, ever so slowly, a train of cars are being pulled up to the highest point of the roller coaster. Of course, one by one, the cars are pulled downhill until gravity takes over and push it all across the tracks. The way the roller coaster goes around is one of the best examples of how the conversion of gravitational potential energy to kinetic energy from the highest points. As the cars go up the track, it is acquiring the potential energy until the cars are at the highest point of the track. At this point, the cars have reached its maximum gravitational potential energy. Next as the cars go down the track, the potential energy is then changed to kinetic energy. Eventually the cars go up another hill and some of the kinetic energy is changed again to potential energy. This is the loop of energy conversions that go around dealing with roller coasters. Energy is the ability to do work. Roller coasters have a lot of energy, but they’re only two are the most important: gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy. Gravitational potential energy is the energy from an object that is stored up. An example of this would be from the first paragraph. As the roller coaster goes up the