Benjamin
3rd Grade Van Law
Olympic Alpine Skiing
Alpine skiing is a winter sport for adult skiers. First, the rules for alpine skiing are the fastest to cross the finish line is declared the winner. Also, skiers have to go through two courses and competitors are required to go down a mountain slope that’s vertical descent of 180m or 140m. Including, the athletes have to hit all the gates that are on the side of the track. Alpine skiing started between the 7000 BCE and 8000 BCE and was added to the Olympics in 1936. Olympic alpine skiing also shows Newton's laws of motion.
There are several ways that Newton's first law is connected to alpine skiing. Newton’s first law says an object in rest stays in rest and an object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. Also, there are types of forces such as there are forces in the snow such as friction and this acts upon the skis. Rest is when the athlete is on the top of the mountain or at the bottom of the mountain and they are not moving. Motion is while the skiers are going down the mountain. This is how Newton's first law is connected to alpine skiing.
Newton’s 2nd law is seen in alpine skiing in different ways. First of all, Newton’s 2nd law says the greater mass of an object the more force is needed to accelerate. Furthermore, there are also forces in alpine skiing like there are many forces in the snow and many different forces act upon the skier. When the skier uses more force with their ski poles, they accelerate faster. Last of all, acceleration. Athletes accelerate when they push the pole and acceleration is a change of objects when the athlete pushes down the hill.
Newton's 3rd law is used in alpine skiing. First of all, Newton’s 3rd law says that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Furthermore, action and reaction is seen when they push with the poles back at the begining they accelerate forwards and when they hit a turn they slow down. Last of all, patterns are seen by the athletes and they know that when they go down the mountain they are pushing with their feet and skis, and the mountain pushes back up. This is how Newton’s Laws are seen in alpine skiing.