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High School What are the coefficients of friction between various surfaces and concrete?
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High School How can people float or sink in the water with no volume changed?
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High School Buoyant force on a submerged cube
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High School Why does atmospheric pressure not keep liquids inside upside down cups?
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High School Why is it to fill a balloon hard initially ?
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High School Spring scale w/ Different Forces
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High School Difference Between Acceleration and Gravity
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High School Bottle. sound by blowing across the top
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High School What is the difference in force between the first impact and water resistance?
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High School How to understand Newton's 3rd Law
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High School Why is there water on a cold bottle?
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High School Force Needed to Push 30 Tonne Rubbish in Steel Container
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High School Calculating Coil Windings in Generators
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High School Center of Gravity - Laws and Explaination
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High School Calculating Speed of a Rocket Using Mass and Thrust
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High School Why Are Clockwise Moments Negative and Anti-Clockwise Moments Positive?
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High School Is a Wall Considered a Rigid or Non-Rigid Body?
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High School Help understanding Acceleration
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High School A confusion about the conception of work
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High School Potential Energy of a Pendulum
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High School Why don't we put particle accelerators in a Jet?
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High School Storing energy in a torsion spring
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High School A question about equations of motion under constant acceleration
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High School Sound travelling without any disturbances?
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High School Acceleration perpendicular to gravity?
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High School How does the siphon method work and why does the pipe width matter?
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High School Understanding the Impact of Tensile Force on Objects of Different Lengths
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High School Energy During Motion and Bounce of a Ball
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High School Gravitational Field Strength due to a Uniform Rod
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High School Speed reaction and catalys reaction
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High School Is it possible to identify something with sound?
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High School Balloon gets cold when stretched quickly,why?
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High School Throwing two objects vertically upward
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High School Centripetal vs Radial acceleration
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High School How Does Battery Voltage Indicate Electric Potential Difference?
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High School Running & Jumping Backwards on a Moving Train
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High School Why Does Friction Exist? Explaining 4 Forces
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High School Forces in Objects: Analyzing Forces on Connected Structures
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High School F=ma with constant acceleration
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High School Principle Determining the Loudness (Intensity) of Sound
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High School What carachterizes a good surf beach?
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High School The multiple derivatives of position
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High School Force accelerates center of mass same regardless of where applied?
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High School Physics behind flow of water from a bottle
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High School Can someone please explain what the parallel axis theorem is?
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High School Earth Spin and Rotation: Effects of Fast and Heavy Objects
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High School Throwing an object upwards and dropping it
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High School What causes the distinct color pattern when water hits a screen?
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High School Forces at freely-jointed and freely-hinged
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High School What is measurement unit of digital clear sound for devices
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High School Why ripple effect doesn't happen on air as it does on water?
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High School How does the moon pull on the earth?
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High School Does covering half of a hose affect the flow rate of water from an open tank?
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High School Physics Newbie - Newtons 1st Law - Frames of References & Observers
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High School Can Kids Analyze Catapults Using Net Torque and Force Calculations?
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High School What Happens When a Gyroscope is Spun on a Horizontal Surface?
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High School Measuring Liquid Flow: Steady or Not?
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High School It is involved the concept of inertia ?
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High School Some basic questions about pressure
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High School Why does the Van der Graaf Generator produce a spark?
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High School Confused about conservation of energy
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High School Power & Transformers - Understand the Basics
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High School Comparing Work Done Lifting a Box: Man vs. Woman | Understanding Force and Time
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High School Density-Force Equation: Name and Equation
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High School How Can Building Air Pressure Issues Be Managed in a Single-Story Property?
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High School Linear Velocity vs Uniform Velocity
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High School Forces: mass on a string circular motion
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High School Hooke's law - Natural Extension of Spring
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High School Physics-related disagreement with teacher
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High School Calculating Mass Without Gravitational Force
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High School About the concept of work done (High school student)
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High School Which Plasma Ball Will Produce Light, Plasma, and Spark?
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High School If we could put Earth in a weighing machine
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High School External Torque vs. Torque: What's the Difference?
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High School Inertia and static friction confusion
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High School Why Does Water from a Hose Feel Stronger at a Distance?
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High School Potential difference in a single battery
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High School Angular velocity of an object with radius and time
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High School Inverse rotatory water sprinkler
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High School Parachutist's fall is because of balanced force or unbalanced force?
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High School HELP How much weight does my water rocket need?
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High School Rolling sphere down an incline ramp
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High School AP Question Torque Sign Conventions
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High School Significance of this kind of oscillation.
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High School How does an umbrella create a similar effect to a radio with sound?
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High School Why Do Melting Antarctic Ice Caps Cause Sea Levels to Rise?
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High School Need help with Newton's Laws, basic Physics
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High School Is the act of gaining mass considered a 'motion'?
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High School Does the weight of an object affect the speed of ripples in water?
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High School Different Situations Related To Circular Motion
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High School Why does water affect friction differently in different situations?
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High School Water Evaporation: Boiling Point & Slow Evaporation
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High School Units of loudness of sound, being a subjective quantity
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High School How does Newton's Third Law of Motion apply to stepping on a cockroach?
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High School Weighing yourself on a solid surface vs carpet
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High School Newtons law and canoe question
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High School Why Does Pushing a Cart Not Work the Same Way?
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High School Helmet Safety - Measuring Force of Impact
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High School Calculating Push & Pull Forces | Andre's Physics Questions
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High School Why do objects whistle when falling? Like here.
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