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High School How come the parachute does not get tangled up?
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High School Demystifying Centrifugal Force: Causes, Mechanics, and Myths
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High School Difference between the tension force of the rope and that of spring
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High School Understanding the Center of Gravity: Effects of Mass, Size, Weight, and Density
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High School Why Water is Colorless: The Science Behind a Clear Liquid | Kinooze
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High School What is torque and how does it affect the motion of objects?
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High School Are energy and acceleration related?
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High School Mybe stupid but i would like to know (vehicles in relative motion)
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High School Does a Satellite's Velocity Continue to Increase as it Free Falls?
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High School Driving an Oil Tanker Truck on Curvy Roads
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High School How does kinetic energy change in circular motion?
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High School Does a slinky move up and down equally?
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High School A question about carbondioxide
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High School Collision Experiment: Why Roll Back? Magnetic?
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High School How do i work out a flow rate?
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High School How do angles of waterwheel affect angular velocity
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High School Need Help Understanding Mechanical Advantage of Chain Mechanism
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High School How fast is Wolverine moving during his jump at the very end
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High School Hourglass Weight: How Sand Weight Changes
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High School Flywheel -- Why does it reverse direction after spinning to a stop?
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High School Is this known as the center of mass, or something else?
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High School How does the train scene in The Wolverine break physics?
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High School Angular Frequency vs. Angular Velocity
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High School The cause of aerospace rotation
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High School Equations of Motion: When to Use & Point Object Necessity
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High School Can Gas Pressure Exceed Out Pressure?
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High School How to find the amplitude of a pendulum
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High School The Secrets of Achieving Greater Swing Height in a Playground
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High School Power: Does Mass Make a Difference?
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High School How Far Up Do You Need to Go to Escape Earth's Gravity?
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High School Maximum Weight Capacity of Multiple Strings for Hanging Objects?
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High School Can Physics Explain the Thrilling Feat of Tightrope Walking?
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High School Simple Pendulum Project: Amplitude's Effect on Period | Math Help Included
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High School Is Net Work Zero If Force is Applied in Opposite Directions?
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High School A force of attraction between any two objects with mass?
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High School What elements of physics are involved in cup stacking?
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High School Why two men can't lift a 2 ton car but can push same car
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High School Droplet of ballpoint ink in water (why)
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High School Question re: emf waves distance & speed
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High School At 15m: Pellet vs BB Accuracy & Aerodynamics
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High School Does High Jumping Cause Weightlessness?
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High School Accel Due to Gravity When Obj Touches Ground
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High School Gaining Understanding Orbital Dynamics & N-Body Simulation
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High School Question about Third Newton Law
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High School Equilibrium of Tilting Beam w/ Weight: Why does it Work?
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High School What happens to an object's velocity when thrown out of an aircraft?
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High School Friction Force Calculation at an Angle on Flat Surface
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High School If the net work is zero. Why is the object still moving?
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High School What Speed Does a 790kg Mass Need to Move a 1523kg Mass?
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High School What Delta Y Should Be Used to Calculate Viy in a Marshmallow Catapult?
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High School Does a swinging pendulum experience centripetal acceleration?
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High School Do Vector Components Represent Displacement?
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High School Air pressure stays the same or increase?
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High School How can you accurately find the initial velocity of a toy gun?
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High School Perception of far object that is in motion
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High School Why water become thinner when falling?
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High School GPE & KE: Understanding the Fundamentals
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High School Changing the Direction of Work
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High School Understanding Ax = x cos(angle) and Ay = y sin(angle) in Physics
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High School Does driving a car affect the Earth's rotational velocity
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High School Rolling Friction: Why Wheels are Used on Solid Surfaces
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High School Understanding Conservation of Energy in a Block on a Rough Surface System
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High School How Can I Safely Obtain a 250v DC Power Supply?
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High School Average velocity, me understand
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High School Why does a bike not fall over when it's in motion?
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High School What is an example of a proper rotation in physics?
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High School Relation between acceleration, mass, and net force.
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High School Why is the motion of a piston considered to be simple harmonic motion?
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High School Kinetic energy physics exercise
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High School How to tell if an object is moving or not?
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High School Clarifying Hooke's Law: Understanding the Formula and When to Use the Negative
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High School Can Hurricane Pressure Cause Roof Damage Like It Does to My Skin?
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High School Confused about Boyle's Law, Charles' Law and the pressure Law?
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High School Unequal tension of a rope in a pulley system
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High School Calculating total kinetic energy of a car at a given velocity
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High School Rotational Kinetic energy of a Hypothetical Planet?
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High School What quantities are used to measure potential energy and forces?
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High School Conservation of momentum and energy problem
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High School Question about the effect of acceleration on the force of a mass
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High School Eveporation of water for slurry
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High School What does the velocity equation prove?
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High School What is a Newton? Is it correctly understood?
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High School Acceleration versus time graph
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High School Angular momentum Units a very basic question
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High School Understanding Inertia to its Uses and Importance in Physics
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High School Confusion about gravitational potential
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High School Coefficient of kinetic friction on inclined plane
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High School Determining the Direction of Friction and Tension
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High School Vibration Massless spring static equilibrium
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High School Measuring Acceleration of Falling Object: Mark Symbol?
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High School Mechanical Forces: Centrifugal/Centripetal Force Effects
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High School Calculate Distance Dropped to Reach Speed of 10m/s
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High School How far can a battleship shell travel compared to a rifle bullet?
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High School Ground Reaction Force: What Causes It?
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High School Vaporization pressure in a fuel can
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High School How is the moment of inertia related to the square of the distance?
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High School Class 1 Lever Experiment: Wrong results
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High School Is it possible to determine the value of static friction with unknown forces?
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High School Does Carrying Weight in a Trailer Make Cycling Easier or Harder?
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High School What materials do we need to measure acceleration due to gravity?
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