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High School Is acceleration always positive
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High School How is energy converted in a ball rolling down a ramp and triggering a switch?
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High School Seismic sensor and accelerometer
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High School Motion: Why we need acceleration?
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High School Law of conservation of momentum
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High School Understanding Buoyancy: The Role of Object Shape and Archimedes' Principle
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High School Pressure theory applied to a Venturi tube
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High School Can Reducing Pipe Diameter Increase Water Flow Speed in a Gravity-Fed System?
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High School Why are the products of sound wave lengths and frequencies always constant?
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High School Two questions on acceleration and an experiment
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High School Did Newton Actually Discover Gravity with an Apple?
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High School Calculate water pressure coming out of a pipe
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High School Interference of Waves in a Pool: Still Surface & Heating Effects
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High School Why Do Curved Sunglasses Lack Power Despite Their Design?
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High School What Types of Potential Energy Exist Beyond Gravitational?
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High School Why does a pen fall over when placed on its tip?
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High School Negative Work: What Does it Mean?
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High School Can Kinematics Equations Be Used for an Entire Projectile Trajectory?
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High School Weight of a Vehicle: Can Chickens Affect It?
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High School I have a question about comet/asteroid/etc impacts
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High School G-force of wind on a persons body.
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High School Acceleration of Sound & Velocity vs. Acceleration
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High School When water freezes, strange shapes may appear
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High School Newton's Force: Same Distance, Different Masses?
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High School Mass or attractive force responsible for not flying away
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High School How to Find the acceleration from 3-axis accelerometer?
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High School Why Are Sound Waves Invisible to the Human Eye?
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High School Is there Gravitational Potential Energy on a horizontal surface?
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High School How do i choose the right ac or dc motor
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High School Is it Possible to Build a Device for Measuring Speeds of Arbitrary Objects?
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High School What Role Does Centripetal Force Play in Planetary Motion and Gravity?
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High School Gravitational Potential Energy and weight
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High School How Does Drag Affect Projectile Motion in Simulations?
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High School Which string cutten? (impulse)
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High School Why Does Board Breaking Hurt More When It Fails?
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High School Understanding Angular Velocity in Circular Motion
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High School Why does pressure in an enclosed container go up under the sea?
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High School Centre of Mass: Hammer, Ruler, Balance
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High School Understanding Surface Tension: What Causes It?
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High School Why Does Kinetic Energy Depend on Both Mass and Velocity?
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High School Building a Manual Ball Launcher: Solving the 22ft Roll Distance at a 45° Angle
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High School Convert Extreme sound into usable energy
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High School Why does the normal hydrogen atom lack a neutron
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High School What effects can occur when a body moves in a circular motion?
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High School Equations in Classical Mechanics
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High School Why Does Gravity Do Equal Work on All Inclines?
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High School Do Generators Run Out of Electrons?
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High School Maximum displacement covered by a body in time half of its own time period?
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High School Pool Ball Impulse: Calculating Speed After Impact
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High School Normal reaction, is this a concept we really understand?
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High School Are Car Exhaust & Oxygen Identical Except Temp?
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High School What is the chemical formula for car exhaust emission
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High School What is the Direction of Surface Tension and How Does It Affect Molecules?
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High School Conservation of Energy: Where Did Energy Originate?
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High School Why Does a Car Move at Constant Velocity Despite Equal Opposing Forces?
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High School Driving a car onto a semi while both are in motion
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High School Understanding Contact Forces: Normal and Tangential Force Explained
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High School A very dumb question (about different masses and accelerations)
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High School Projectile Motion: Ball A vs. Ball B - Which Reaches Ground First?
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High School Potential difference in series and parallel
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High School F = m*a Explained: The Relationship Between Force and Mass
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High School Motion of a Body: Can Acceleration Cause Motion?
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High School Is it dangerous to compress carbon dioxide under high pressure?
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High School G Forces vs Gravity: Driving a Car Through Banked Wall at 100+ mph
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High School Exploring SHM: Types, Formulas, and Resources for A Level Physics Students
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High School Friction force calculation of syringe plunger
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High School When I push a an object, why does it move?
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High School What happens to carbon monoxide when compressed or put under high pressure?
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High School Confused with pressure in closed-box
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High School Basic Rectilllinear Motion questions
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High School Direction Of Instaneous Velocity
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High School Action-Reaction Forces: Understanding the Basics
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High School How Can Fins Enhance the Stability of a CO2-Powered Rocket?
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High School How much lb could an average person push?
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High School I know in order for a team to win tug-of-war, the frictional force has
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High School Can anyone tell me the relationship between work done and potential difference?
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High School Could a Black Hole be the cycle of Dark Matter powered by Dar Energy:?
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High School Time Period of Halved Simple Pendulum
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High School Why do we lose balance in a bike when at a standstill?
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High School Is speed of sound constant and cannot be varied?
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High School Understanding Energy = Work: The Relationship Between Force and Distance
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High School What is Newton's gravitational constant mean?
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High School Trying to figure out the most efficient throwing motion
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High School Object rotation in vacuum and the Friction force
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High School Direction of friction in rolling motion
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High School Why are we thrown backwards when a train stops?
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High School How to Calculate Net Force using Newton's Second Law?
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High School Total pressure load on a chain
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High School Force on the top hinge of an open door
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High School Marble spiralling inside a cylinder
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High School Force, Acceleration, mass and time
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High School Potential difference and terminal potential difference
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High School Seesaw Balancing: The Science Behind Weight Distribution Explained
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High School Propeller rotation direction question
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High School What determines the coefficient of friction?
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High School Effect of reservoir location on water throw from hose
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High School Win Tug-of-War: Where to Place Strongest Person & Physics Explained
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High School Caculation of force exerted by water
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High School Net Force & Conservation of Energy: Analyzing the Laws of Motion
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High School Force of a small object Vs a larger object.
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