What does a roller coaster do?
Well, to understand what a roller coaster does you will need to
understand what a roller coaster is. A roller coaster is a small
vehicle that runs along a fixed track. What a roller coaster does
is move along that fixed track at very high speeds, and many people
find this very thrilling
And if your wondering how a roller coaster works
Well, there are 2 types of roller coaster, most commonly the
Chain Lift, The chain lift works by hooks on the bottom of the
roller coaster car that hook on to a roller chain (the type of
chain you would find on a bicycle) and the chain pulls you all the
way to the top of the big hill, This is the part where you hear all
the clicking. As you start going down the big hill the hooks simply
slide out of the chain and gravity starts to take over, but the
roller coaster can stay moving because of Kinetic energy and
Potential energy. So the 3 things that are very important to a
Roller Coaster are Kinetic energy, Potential energy, and gravity. A
roller coaster works sort of like rolling a ball down a hill. For
info on the launched roller coaster check out the related
links.