Physics, Motion, & Roller Coasters
Scroll down the left panel until you see "Webquest Document". Open the document labeled, "Physics, Motion & Roller Coasters" on your left. Use the following websites to help you answer the questions. Type in your answers and save your modified document in your folder.
Distance and Displacement
Use the following websites:
http://www.splung.com/content/sid/2/page/distance
Velocity and Speed:
Use the following websites:
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/1DKin/U1L1d.cfm
Acceleration:
Use the following websites:
http://www.racemath.info/motionandenergy/What_is_Acceleration.htm
http://www.batesville.k12.in.us/physics/phynet/Mechanics/Kinematics/Acceleration.html
Centripetal Force:
Use the following web pages:
http://regentsprep.org/regents/physics/phys06/bcentrif/default.htm
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1590/is_n5_v52/ai_17720824/
Kinetic and Potential Energy:
Use the following websites:
http://library.thinkquest.org/2745/data/ke.htm
http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/roller-coaster3.htm
http://www.world-of-waterfalls.com/images/mgh2mvsq_coasterL.gif
Newton's First Law of Motion:
Use the following links:
http://teachertech.rice.edu/Participants/louviere/Newton/
http://academic.greensboroday.org/~regesterj/pot1/Mechanics/NewtonsLaws/N1A.htm
Newton's Second Law of Motion:
Use the following links:
http://teachertech.rice.edu/Participants/louviere/Newton/
Newton's Third Law of Motion:
Use the following links:
http://teachertech.rice.edu/Participants/louviere/Newton/
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_an_example_of_Newton's_third_law_of_motion