Dollywood Essay: How does Dollywood Relate with Physical World Concepts? Dollywood is an enjoyable amusement park that was named and founded by the one and only Dolly Parton. All of the rides in the amusement park have something to do with physics. Whether it is velocity, gravity, speed, height, or time, these awesome rides involve some sorts of cool physics behind the highly enjoyable rides. My friends and I got the first hand experience of enjoying the iconic Dollywood. Although the trip was cut short, I still got to ride the legendary Tennessee Tornado. The Tennessee Tornado is an ecstatic ride that includes multiple loops and sudden drops. The Tennessee Tornado is a ride that starts up very high but progressively gets …show more content…
Newton’s Laws have been used for a very long time and is very accurate (well obviously because he’s Newton.) Newton explains in his laws that in the first law, an object will not change its motion unless a force acts on it. In the second law, the force on an object is equal to its mass times its acceleration. In the third law, when two objects interact, they apply equal opposite forces, they are exerting different forces causing it to be balanced. Like I said above, Newton’s first law says that when an object is in motion, it will stay in motion unless a force acts on it. Once the roller coaster starts, the momentum increases and when going through the loops, the object keeps going because nothing is acting on the cars. Newton’s second law states that it must have equal forces acting on it. This means that if the carts aren’t proportional and too big for the rollercoaster, it won’t go all the way through the ride without going backwards. Then, the third law is equal opposite forces. This relates to the third law because it will have to have the same forces exerted on the ride in order to function correctly. The formula used for the second law is f=ma. This calculates mass times acceleration to tell how fast the carts have to be going in order to be able to not make it all the way up the …show more content…
It features many loops that are highly enjoyable. The ride features many examples of physics, and some I didn’t even include. The momentum makes the ride better because the momentum will start to build as the ride goes on. Newton’s Laws cover that if it goes up, it must come back down, the ride will stay in motion unless something acts on it, and also the rollercoaster must have equal forces. Energy will always be present in the rollercoaster; it'll just convert into a different energy. Distance is important because it measures how far something travels. Velocity is speed in a certain direction. Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity per unit of time. The roller coaster has energy that is constantly being converted into different forms. This ride has many properties of physics involved. It is important to have certain things so it has the correct amount of stuff so you don’t die on the rollercoaster. Overall, it was fun to interact with real life roller coasters instead of simulations in order to get a better understanding of physical properties that go into roller coasters. It was a great trip even though the time did get