Physics of Ice Skating

a property of a moving object that keeps it moving

• momentum

• inertia

• friction

• distribution

 turning in a circle

• dissipating

• gliding

• rotating

• wobbling

not changing

• dissipating

• rotating

• momentous

• constant

scattering

• rotating

• gliding

• dissipating

• spraying

 a measurement of the amount of rotation, or turning, that an object has

• fricition

• inertia

• momentum

• angular momentum

a force that resists when two objects slide against each other

• inertia

• friction

• momentum

• constant

the tendency for something to continue along the same path

• inertia

• dissipate

• friction

• momentum

move smoothly

• dissipate

• rotate

• glide

• counteract

very small particles made out of tiny pieces of matter called atoms

• momentum

• angular momentum

• dissipation

• molecules

reverse motion

• dissipate

• rotate

• glide

• counteract