Friction and collisions are concepts relevant to both ice hockey and figure skating. Consider the graph below, excerpted from a book by Schottenbauer Publishing:
Discussion Questions
- How is air hockey similar to ice hockey? How is it different?
- How is air hockey similar to ice skating? How is it different?
- What happens when a hockey puck collides with a stick?
- How are the phenomena in this graph similar to collisions between an ice hockey puck and stick? How are they different?
- What is the role of friction in ice skating? What does friction do to the motion of a hockey puck or a skater?
- How does this graph demonstrate friction?
- How are the phenomena in this graph similar to friction experienced by an ice hockey puck? How are they different?
- How are the phenomena in this graph similar to friction experienced by an ice skater? How are they different?
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