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Thrill-seekers usually love roller-coasters. In amusement parks, the roller coaster is THE ride to take.
The term was coined in the United States at the end of the 19th century, but this first amusement ride looked nothing as it does nowadays.
A roller-coaster is a sort of giant manufactured mountain with several hills and slopes. It is a long track that alternatively rises and goes down and that may comprise one or several vertical loops, turning the passengers upside down. Passengers are called riders. They sit on a car that is sort of self-propelled down the track. When several cars are hooked up together, they sit in a “train”.

The cars are not moved by a power-engine. The first hill is mounted with several chains that pull the cars up to the hill's peak. Up there, the car is sort of released and put into motion by the potential energy that it accumulated during the rise.

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The potential energy is an energy “stored” in the mechanic.
It is converted in kinetic energy when the car rides all the way of a downward slope. At the bottom of the slope, the kinetic energy will push the car up to the upward-part of the slope, and the conversion in energy goes on.

This balance system of energy is very clever especially because the mechanic only relies on gravity!
Many people fear to take a ride, but it's a very secure way to have fun. The only danger comes from friction effects, hence that the reliability of tracks is checked frequently.
You need to meet several physical criteria to ride: basically you must not suffer from heart failure, you must not be a pregnant lady, and you must be higher than 1.40 meter.

3 ultimate roller coasters hold the record for angle of descent. The angle was recorded at 97 degree...
The tallest roller coaster with a 456 feet height is located in New Jersey and is called Kingda Ka.

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