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    Roller Coasters Are Amazing” Entertainment can take many forms. Amusement rides are a unique example of this. From the merry-go-round to the scrambler‚ amusement rides are fun. Then comes the invention of the roller coaster. Roller coasters are always exciting. Airtime is a fantastic element on a roller coaster. The Blue Streak at Cedar Point is a great airtime legend. The air time is so powerful that my butt slams against the seat when the airtime ends. It is my 18th favorite coaster that I have

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    Fear of Roller Coasters

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    friends asked me to ride a roller coaster with them and I did not because of fear. I know fear held me back at that time‚ since I did not enjoy spending time with my friends‚ I had to be the one holding everyone’s bag‚ as well as wasting my money on a place that had nothing else to offer but roller coasters. Sometimes as a child‚ people can have sad or frightful experiences riding roller coasters‚ or being at an amusement park‚ which may develop a phobia of roller coasters later on in their life.

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    Roller Coasters History

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    Roller coasters‚ one of the best amusement rides that ever existed. This amazing ride traces its origins back to Russia where it all began (Source E). Russia is where wood-framed ice slides sent sledders down 70- foot high slopes in the 16th century‚ in St.Petersburg‚ Russia (Source E). Since‚ Russia was a snowy place‚ the sleds were a perfect pastime. The roller coaster was built out of lumber with a sheet of ice several inches thick covering the surface to make sure it was as safe and sturdy as

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    Physics of Roller Coasters

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    favourite rides: ‘Kaboom’ (which works based on free-fall) and the roller coaster.  The Physics of Roller Coasters How does a Roller Coaster work? Roller coasters have no engines (although many still tend to think they do) and are thus not propelled around the track by a motor. The transfer of potential energy to kinetic energy is what steers the roller coaster‚ and all of the kinetic energy required for the ride is present once the coaster goes down the first ‘hill’. Laws of Gravitation Gravitational

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    Physics in Roller Coasters There is a lot of Physics in a roller coaster. It contains a lot of potential and kinetic energy‚ and also centripetal force. All of these factors will define how the roller coaster really works. As we all know‚ or some of us know‚ roller coasters doesn’t use engine to operate the ride. It depends on converting potential energy into kinetic energy. Cars will need a certain amount of pull or push to reach a certain peek of the track. Upon reaching the peak‚ the energy

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    Roller Coaster Ride

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    When I was younger‚ I used to love going to amusement parks because roller coasters fascinated me. These beastly machines are usually made of steel or wood‚ can go as fast as 120 miles per hour‚ and reach the height of 420 feet. It amazes me why average people like me would trade the tranquility of the ground to be high up in the air‚ being tossed around with such brutality and roughness‚ like vegetables in a food processor. Even still I enjoyed riding these fast amazing machines‚ sometimes so fast

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    Designing my roller coaster was pretty interesting. My roller coaster ended up being called the bombora extrandgana. My roller coaster has two crazy big loops and and 100 foot drop and some seat throwing turns. Let me tell you about my roller coaster. My roller coaster is a minute and a half for the average speed. Well getting into detail on the ride has some very descriptive vocabulary words. The feeling when you you first go onto the ride and you’re super scared but that’s not all. The scientific

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    Roller Coasters Narrative

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    Stuck!!! Have you ever been stuck on a roller coaster? The fact that my brother was screaming “We’re all gonna die!” wasn’t helping with the younger kids on the ride. Here’s my story. We were stuck at the top of the roller coaster with a couple of carts going over the edge‚ terrifying. Plus‚ the 0 miles per hour to the what felt like 2‚000 mile per hour takeoff with no warning almost made me wet myself! As‚ we were going around the first turn my ribs were rattling like drums. My heart was

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    Roller Coaster Poem

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    The poem describes life like a rollercoaster. Life is full of ups and downs‚ an emotional roller coaster ride that you can’t quite imagine. The image that came up in my mind as i was reading the poem are two rollercoasters. One has ups‚ downs and loops‚ but the other is leveled and stable. The loops‚ ups and downs add thrill and color to the ride. It may be breath-taking but riders were obviously satisfied and happy overcoming and experiencing such ride. On the other hand‚ the other which was leveled

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    up amusement parks on a daily basis how safe are you on the towering roller coasters? Am I the only one who wonders what if something happens? What if something goes wrong will I have enough time to react? With the recent death at Six Flags over Texas‚ these things cross my mind. Who checks these roller coasters for safety and how often are they checked? Though it seems like there are very few fatalities on rollers coasters it seems to me one is one to many. These questions always enter my mind

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