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Roller coast vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Roller coaster | an amusement park attraction that consists of a light railroad track with many tight turns and steep slopes, on which people ride in small fast open cars. |
| Stop Height | extent or distance upward |
| Newton's 1st law | An object that is at rest will stay at rest unless an external force acts upon it. An object that is in motion will not change its velocity unless an external force acts upon it. |
| Momentum | the quantity of motion of a moving body, measured as a product of its mass and velocity. |
| Inertia | a tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged. |
| Balanced Force | If two individual forces are of equal magnitude and opposite direction, then the forces are said to be balanced. |
| Unbalanced force | When balanced forces act on an object at rest, the object will not move. |
| Potential Energy | the energy possessed by a body by virtue of its position relative to others, stresses within itself, electric charge, and other factors. |
| Kinetic | energy that a body possesses by virtue of being in motion. |