How Roller Coaster Work Without An Engine

Roller Coaster and Physics
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How roller coaster work without an engine
The principle of the operation of roller coasters is based on the law of conservation of energy, where there is kinetic energy and the potential energy. Kinetic energy is the energy of movement and as the speed increases, so too does the kinetic energy that the body possesses (Spilsbury, 2016). Potential energy refers to the positioning energy, where the gravitational potential energy relates to the energy around the position of a body in relation to gravity. When the mass and height increase there is greater potential energy. The conservation of energy indicates that energy is not created or destroyed, but transformed, where the energy remains constant, but may be transformed. When the roller coaster ascend and then drop and start their journey, they use energy conservation to function.
At the highest point of the roller coaster, there height potential energy, and when it descends, it is transformed into kineti...