Fynn
3rd Grade Van Law
Paralympic Snowboarding
Paralympic snowboarding is part of the paralympic winter games and paralympic snowboarding has a really interesting background. The setting and the equipment are also interesting. The setting takes place on a mountain slope. The equipment the athletes need is snow gear and a snowboard. It was added to the paralympics in 2014. It was a part of alpine skiing. The rules are very important, no cheating and your prosthetics can’t give you an advantage to win the game. Also, the sport involves all of Newton’s three Laws of motion.
Newton's 1st law of motion can be found in multiple ways in paralympic snowboarding. Newton’s 1st law says, “an object at rest will stay at rest and an object in motion in motion will stay in motion unless acted on by an unbalanced force”. There are balanced and unbalanced forces in this sport. An example is that if something is balanced it is still or at rest and if something is unbalanced it is in motion or moving. Some examples are that when the snowboarder before the race is at rest, when they are in motion when they're racing they have to stay balanced so they don’t fall. Unbalanced forces like friction can cause the snowboarder to stop. Those are the multiple ways Newton’s 1st law can be found in paralympic snowboarding and Newton’s 2nd law is also involved in paralympic snowboarding.
There are multiple ways para snowboarding can be involved in Newton’s 2nd law. Newton’s 2nd law says that the acceleration of an object depends on the force applied and the mass of an object. First, there are different masses like the snowboarder and their equipment like their snowboard. Also, there are a lot of forces. There is muscular force when the snowboarder pushes off and frictional force when the snow causes the snowboarder to stop. Acceleration is when the snowboarder pushes they accelerate and if they bend over they will accelerate more. That's how Newton’s 2nd law can be involved in paralympic snowboarding And so does Newton’s 3rd Law.
There are multiple ways paralympic snowboarding can be involved in Newton’s 3rd Law. First, Newton’s 3rd Law says that an action has an equal and opposite reaction. An example is when the snowboarder pushes off they push down and back, then they move forward. Next, there are many other actions and reactions. An action is a motion or act caused by a force. A reaction is an action in response to the first action. Another example is if the snowboarder pushes off with muscular force the thing they push off gives them an equal and opposite force that pushes them straight. Finally, patterns can be found if the snowboarder points in one direction they will go in that direction. That's how Newton’s three Laws can be involved in paralympic snowboarding.