One of the things you can do in figure skating is jumping.  Jumping is when you take off by picking or going on an edge, then jump vertically but still covering the ice by moving slightly outward and finally by landing on one leg and enter a landing position.
		There are different types of jumps in figure skating.  The first kind is edge jumps which includes the axel (invented by Axel Paulsen), the salchow (invented by Ulrich Salchow), and the loop jump.  The second way of jumping is picking jumps.  This includes the toe-loop, the flip (not a back flip or front flip if that is what you are thinking), and the lutz.
		Jumping is what the first thing that comes to a persons mind when someone says that they can skate.  The question is usually something like, “You figure skate! Can you do those jumpy turny things in the air?”  Why do you think they ask this?  It is because jumping is usually what the judges will mainly judge you on.  You get points if you land a jump and you loose points if you fall on a jump.