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Select all of the options that best complete the following sentence. As a roller coaster carriage descends the first hill:its potential energy is transformed into kinetic energyits kinetic energy increases with its speedthe main force acting on it is gravityits potential energy increases

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Select all of the options that best complete the following sentence. As a roller coaster carriage descends the first hill:its potential energy is transformed into kinetic energyits kinetic energy increases with its speedthe main force acting on it is gravityits potential energy increases

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The best options that complete the sentence "As a roller coaster carriage descends the first hill:" are:

  1. its potential energy is transformed into kinetic energy
  2. its kinetic energy increases with its speed
  3. the main force acting on it is gravity

As the roller coaster carriage descends, it loses height and therefore potential energy. This potential energy is transformed into kinetic energy, which is the energy of motion. The speed of the carriage increases as it descends, so its kinetic energy also increases. The main force acting on the carriage as it descends is gravity, which pulls it downwards. The potential energy of the carriage does not increase as it descends, so the last option is not correct.

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