Critical Thinking Questions

1. The more energy a roller coaster has at the beginning of the ride, the more successful the ride. That means it needs to begin with a lot of potential energy.
2. What factor do you think affects the amount of potential energy the roller coaster will have?  *It all depends if your first hill is letting the ride build up the max. potential energy
3. What do you think is the safest way to "come down" from the first hill?  *A long but good shaped curve
    
4. How do you think the roller coaster should exit from the first hill?  *In a slow low curve hill
    
5. What do you think the height of the second hill should be? *Any height but not bigger than the first hill 
    
6. What shape do you think the loop should be? (Parabola, elliptical, square...etc) *Elliptical or a Circle because there the safest one to go around