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What happens when a roller coaster car moves down from the top of a hill?

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Potential energy is transformed into kinetic and thermal energy.


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-- It accelerates.
-- Its speed increases.
-- It gains momentum.
-- It loses altitude.
-- It loses potential energy.
-- It gains kinetic energy.
-- Its wheels make a lot of noise.
-- Everybody screams.

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