Question

A competitive downhill skier has little control over the environmental conditions of the ski slope. But she can choose her equipment and practice her technique to help control her speed.

Identify the forces that are acting on the skier as she moves down the ski slope and describe how they result in her motion.

Answer 1

the forces that are acting on the skier as she moves down the ski slope:

~Gravity, friction and the reaction forces from the snow

describe how they result in her motion.:

~ gravity causes the skier to accelerate. This is because the larger the skier, the greater mass he has, and the more momentum. The greater momentum the more a body will resist change in motion

~The force of friction acts in the direction opposite to the direction of motion, resulting in a lower velocity and hence less kinetic energy

~And...the force from the snow pushes on the ski causing the skier to change direction. The skier responds with muscular tension to resist and balance against that force

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