Which term describes the effect of acceleration that makes skiers feel pulled away from the center of the turn toward the outside of the turn?

Which term describes the effect of acceleration that makes skiers feel pulled away from the center of the turn toward the outside of the turn?

• A. Inertia
• B. Centrifugal force
• C. Gyroscopic effect
• D. Coriolis force

Answer: (B)

As you carve a turn, your mass tends to keep moving in a straight line while the skis are bent inward to follow the arc. To make the turn, your skis must supply inward (centripetal) acceleration toward the turn center. The sensation of being pushed outward is the centrifugal force—the apparent outward force you feel in the rotating frame of the turn. It reflects inertia at work: your body wants to continue straight, so you feel a pull toward the outside of the turn. Inertia explains why you’d keep going straight; the gyroscopic effect involves the spinning of the skis and how that can influence edge behavior, not the outward feeling. Coriolis force is a deflection that shows up in rotating systems, not the typical outward pull experienced in a ski turn.

As you carve a turn, your mass tends to keep moving in a straight line while the skis are bent inward to follow the arc. To make the turn, your skis must supply inward (centripetal) acceleration toward the turn center. The sensation of being pushed outward is the centrifugal force—the apparent outward force you feel in the rotating frame of the turn. It reflects inertia at work: your body wants to continue straight, so you feel a pull toward the outside of the turn.

Inertia explains why you’d keep going straight; the gyroscopic effect involves the spinning of the skis and how that can influence edge behavior, not the outward feeling. Coriolis force is a deflection that shows up in rotating systems, not the typical outward pull experienced in a ski turn.