Kinsley
3rd Grade Van Law
Artistic Swimming
An object is acted upon by forces. Some types of forces seen in artistic swimming are balanced and unbalanced forces. Balanced force is not moving, and unbalanced force is moving. There are many hints that Newton’s law is seen in Artistic Swimming.
Newton's first law is an object and motion stays in motion unless another. In artistic swimming, There is muscle force and buoyant force. Before start and after finish is when you receive balanced forces or rest. When the artistic swimmer is in the water there is buoyant force. When the swimmer is dancing and their body is moving there is unbalanced force.
Newton's Second law of motion says that the greater the mass of an object, the more force is needed to accelerate the object. In artistic swimming, the mass is all of the athletes and the water. The forces are seen when the swimmers use muscular force to balance and also when they push the water to do moves. The acceleration is seen when the swimmers spin, flip, dive, and stay floating. The more force the athletes use, the more their bodies will move.
Newton's 3rd law is that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Jumping up makes the athletes go up then they must come back down. When they kick the water down they are able to stay up because there is buoyant force. When they jump and move their arms are splashing the water. The splashes go up and then back down. These are examples of how Newton’s three laws of motion are in artistic swimming.