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**Welcome to our wiki** This wiki is about the physics of a roller coaster.

The **roller coaster** is a popular [|amusement ride] developed for [|amusement parks] and modern [|theme parks]. [|LaMarcus Adna Thompson] patented the first coasters on January 20, 1885. In essence a specialized [|railroad] system, a roller coaster consists of a[|track] that rises in [|designed patterns], sometimes with one or more //[|inversions] // (such as [|vertical loops] ) that turn the rider briefly upside down. The track does not necessarily have to be a complete circuit, as [|shuttle roller coasters] exhibit. Most roller coasters have multiple cars in which passengers sit and are restrained. Two or more cars hooked together are called a [|train]. Some roller coasters, notably [|Wild Mouse roller coasters], run with single cars.


 * **Conservation of Energy **
 * **Velocity and Kinetic Energy **
 * **Gravity and Potential Energy **
 * **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Friction **
 * **<span style="color: #1b2028; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Centripetal Acceleration **