Roller coasters rely on two types of energy to operate: gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy. Gravitational potential energy is the energy an object has stored because of its mass and ...

That means roller coaster designers have to make sure the coaster has enough initial potential energy to make it through the rest of the track. This places some limits on the design.

When coaster cars go up the hill and top the crest, they have their highest gravitational potential energy. As the car goes down the hill, that potential energy becomes kinetic energy.

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In order to take advantage of gravitational forces, a train of roller coaster cars must first reach an appropriate height to build up the right amount of potential energy, or "stored-up" energy.

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