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High School Ions and conductivity of water
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High School Friction & Cars: Understand Acceleration, Constant Velocity & Brakes
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High School Why does friction remain constant with larger surface area?
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High School Physics behind inflatable ball collision
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High School What is major difference in motion in a straight line and motion in a plane.
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High School Is My Jazz Band Practice Too Loud? Concerns About Sound Intensity
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High School Coefficient of friction - varying normal force
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High School Equilibrium of forces lab- Sources of error spring scale
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High School Calculating Kinetic Energy for an Object at an Angle
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High School A Rotating motor compressing a spring
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High School Centripetal Force Washing Machine
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High School Basic: Rule of Thumb for Newton's Cooling for ACs
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High School Different formulae for moment of inertia
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High School Newton's Third Law: Action Equals Opposite Reaction
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High School Rocket Braking System: Applying Newton's I Law in Space
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High School Is it possible to get down by throwing hands upwards?
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High School Blocking Back Of Fan Creates Vacuum In Front?
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High School How Do You Construct a Force Diagram for a Suction Cup on a Wall?
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High School Questions about density and being in the air
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High School Why do all objects move in straight lines?
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High School Who is pushing who in Newton's Third Law of Motion?
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High School Pressure washers constant pressure
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High School Understanding Watt & Newton: Questions for Physics Forum
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High School Function of Commutator: Reversing Electric Current
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High School Momentum Concept Check: Understand p = mv and F=ma
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High School Q. How does weight differ between objects on Earth and on the Moon?
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High School Understanding Power Ratings and Energy Usage: A Case Study
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High School Why is mass dependent on inertia and not vice versa?
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High School How to determine the "a" in f=ma or, a=f/m. If a 2200 lb car
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High School Will Igniting Hydrogen and Oxygen in a Strong Metal Chamber Cause an Explosion?
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High School How is internal energy affected when water is boiled?
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High School Looking to understand Apollo 15 and density
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High School Zero Acceleration in Running and in a Car
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High School Converting Planetary Gravity to Pounds of Pressure: A Conceptual Understanding
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High School Weight or Force of Gravity: Which is Applied to a Man Lifting a Mass?
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High School Does a Scale Measure Our Weight or Mass?
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High School Is f = a X m X 1 X 1 X 1 X 1 Valid?
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High School Falling objects: Tennis ball vs. feather
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High School Acceleration of gravity and Newton's laws of motion
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High School What is the formula of tractive force?
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High School Distance traveled given acceleration?
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High School Finding change in momentum in 2-dimensions.
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High School What happens if you hit a bullet from the side?
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High School Speed of Sound and its relation to weight?
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High School Bicycles and Mechanical Advantage
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High School What does 'velocity is derivative of distance' mean?
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High School How can I make my spinning ring last longer?
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High School Calculating frictional force given mass and coefficient?
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High School Will this gyroscope spin forever?
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High School Pressure: Doubts & Explanation - Why Liquid Falls
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High School G force calculation of hitting the head
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High School How to calculate average velocity?
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High School Understanding Position-Time Graphs: Can They Determine Speed?
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High School Torque: Applied Forces Pos/Neg?
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High School Did the Object Change Direction When It Stopped?
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High School What is dynamic equilibrium in laymen's terms?
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High School Which Triangle Experiences Greater Force in a Water Tank?
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High School Reason for body to slip away from centre of a rotating disc
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High School How fast do subatomic particles move?
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High School Property of for same acceleration
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High School What's the work done moving an object up and then back down?
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High School Can you have negative acceleration?
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High School Newton's 2nd law question -- pushing a block up an inclined ramp....
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High School Direction of frictional force when running
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High School Will a Bigger Tank Increase Water Force?
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High School Why did Newton think the apple was pulled, not pushed?
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High School Confusing Mechanics Question: Velocity of Rocket on Touchdown
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High School How is work measured in a vacuum?
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High School How Does Mass Influence Gravity?
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High School Why does the Motorcycle does A Wheelie when you Clutch-Wheelie
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High School Mechanical / progressive / transverse / longitudinal waves
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High School Is Zero Acceleration Proof That an Object Must Be at Rest?
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High School Elasticity: Definition, Examples, & Illustrations
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High School What limits the speed of a computer or cell phone?
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High School Do Objects of Different Masses Fall at the Same Speed?
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High School Torque & Friction: Explained for Physics Beginners
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High School Calculating Torque for 10 cm Axle & 100 cm Wheel
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High School Fluid Displacement: What Causes It?
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High School Force of Gravity: F=mg and MmG/h2(sqared)
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High School Direction of Forces on an Euler Spiral Path | Intuitive Explanation
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High School Does centrifugal force caused the tides?
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High School Understanding Newtons vs Joules - Beginner
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High School Could Reducing Gravity Impact the 'Burping' of a Bottle?
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High School Question on distribution of weights
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High School Pressure: Rate or Distributed Force?
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High School Why Do Water Droplets Behave Differently Based on Size and Surface?
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High School Difference between X and Amplitude (Simple Harmonic Motion)?
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High School Mass of a body when Acceleration is 0 and Force is 0.
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High School How to calculate the force needed to get out of bed?
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High School A question regarding action and reaction
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High School Why are Newton's 3rd law forces equal?
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High School Can an Aerodynamic Tent Shape Prevent Wind Tipping?
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High School Frictional Force: Static to Kinetic Conversion
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High School How Is Energy Expended When Holding a Bucket Stationary?
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High School Is force an accelerating mass?
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High School What is the Physics behind Thor's Hammer?
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High School Mystery of the Sink Vortex: Investigating Why Water Spins
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High School Faster, narrower fluid same pressure as slower, wider fluid?
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High School Did I Neglect the Skier in the Resistive Force Calculation?
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High School Are the Forces in These Equations Different?
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