Rollercoaster at Europa-Park, Rust, Germany
Bart Andrews
The terms in bold link to topics in the AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and CCEA A-level specifications, as well as the IB, Pre-U and SQA exam specifications.
To explain the physics behind a rollercoaster ride, we need to use energy conservation and Newton’s laws of motion, and to consider the forces involved in circular motion.
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