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Where does a rider on a roller coaster get energy?
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Where does a rider on a roller coaster get energy?

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He gets it from the huge motor that lifts the cars and people to the top of the first hill and then let's them go.
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Gravitational potential energy.

As the rider falls, the GPE is converted into kinetic energy.
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