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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 increasesI'm not sure

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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 increasesI'm not sure

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

  • its potential energy is transformed into kinetic energy
  • its kinetic energy increases with its speed
  • the main force acting on it is gravity

As the roller coaster descends, it loses height so its potential energy decreases. This energy doesn't disappear but is transformed into kinetic energy, which is the energy of motion. This is why the roller coaster speeds up as it descends. The main force acting on the roller coaster is indeed gravity, which pulls it downwards. The option "its potential energy increases" is incorrect because potential energy decreases as the roller coaster loses height.

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