Physics of Roller Coasters
Across
- 6. A built-in mechanism that releases the stored energy in a device
- 9. same time
- 10. within given constraints
- 12. not the path taken to get there. The value is always relative to some reference level.
- 14. An object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion
- 16. can be either kinetic (energy of motion) or potential (stored energy of position).
- 17. The ability to do work.
- 20. Energy: Potential energy due to elevated position. This depends only on vertical displacement
- 22. The energy of position; energy that is stored and held in readiness — waiting to move (e.g., a ball
Down
- 1. the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force
- 2. Energy cannot be created or destroyed; it may be transformed from one form into another,
- 3. The energy of motion. An object in any form of motion has kinetic energy (e.g., running, walking,
- 4. transferred from one place to another, but the total amount of energy never changes.
- 5. A place where the design or system fails
- 7. A force that pulls objects toward the center of the Earth.
- 8. flying, etc.).
- 11. An influence (push or pull) on a body or system, causing a change in movement or shape.
- 13. Energy possessed by an object due to its motion or its stored energy of position. Mechanical
- 15. The process of iterating, refining, and making trade-offs until a solution is found that best meets the
- 18. The amount of matter that is contained by an object
- 19. in the air, sitting still, waiting motionless).
- 21. A situation in which you must choose between or balance two things that are opposite or cannot be had at