Excerpt from a screamingly good science lesson elizabeth kibler 2think about the first part of a roller coaster ride: a machine slowly pulls the cart higher and higher on a hill on the track. as the cart gets higher, it gains potential energy. objects gain potential energy by being lifted farther from the ground. potential energy is stored energy. the higher an object is from the ground, the more potential energy it has. 3when the cart reaches the top of the first hill, not only are riders’ stomachs screaming for mercy, but also the cart is at its maximum potential energy. without warning, the energy-loaded cart begins to descend the first hill. as the cart careens down the hill, it has kinetic energy. kinetic energy is different from potential energy. kinetic energy is the energy of motion. all objects in motion have this energy. the kinetic energy propels that cart down the hill. eventually, the cart will fight the forces of gravity and travel up another hill. on this uphill journey, the cart again begins to gain potential energy. the cart switched from potential energy, to kinetic energy, and back again. therefore, a roller coaster ride is just the converting of kinetic energy and potential energy. 4after the first collection of potential energy, the cart does not use ropes, pulleys, or an engine. the cart, its wheels, and the laws of science are the only things that keep carts rolling firmly down the track. the air brakes on modern roller coasters bring the cart to a safe and smooth stop. if, however, a roller coaster had no brakes, it would ultimately stop on its own. the friction between the wheels and track and the friction between the cart and the air would eventually make a coaster stop. think about a super ball. although it gains potential energy every time it goes up, it eventually stops bouncing. in much the same way, the roller coaster cart would cease to move. which best describes the details related to the main idea of this passage? anyone know?

Metamorphosis by frank kafka one morning, when gregor samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. he lay on his armor-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff sections. the bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready to slide off any moment. his many legs, pitifully thin compared with the size of the rest of him, waved about as he looked. “what’s happened to me? ” he thought. it wasn’t a dream. gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel quite sad. “how about if i sleep a little bit longer and forget all this nonsense”, he thought, but that was something he was unable to do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present state couldn’t get into that position. however hard he threw himself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was. he must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he wouldn’t have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt before. there was a cautious knock at the door near his head. “gregor,” somebody called—it was his mother—“it’s quarter to seven. didn’t you want to go somewhere? ” gregor was shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be recognized as the voice he had had before. as if from deep inside him, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort of echo which made them unclear. gregor had wanted to give a full answer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented himself with saying: “yes, mother, yes, -you, i’m getting up now.” review the excerpt from the story “metamorphosis” and answer the question below: gregor wakes up to find himself transformed. in two to three sentences, describe how gregor felt about his transformation. use evidence from the text to support your an