Bobsleigh

High school (ages 12+)
Sports & Games

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/bobsleigh

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the sport classification?Winter Sliding Sport
2. What is the founding year of organized sport?1883
3. How do bobsleigh tracks work?Tracks are built with curves and banked walls. Gravity pulls the sled downhill, and the walls help keep it on the right path by using centrifugal force.
4. Why do bobsleigh sleds have special runners?The runners are made of hardened steel and polished smooth. This reduces friction with the ice, so the sled can go faster.

Centrifugal Force: An apparent outward force that acts on an object moving in a circular path.
Centripetal Force: A force that acts on a body moving in a circular path and is directed toward the center around which it moves.
Aerodynamics: The study of how air flows around moving objects and the forces it creates.