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High School Basic kinematic physics equations do not make sense to me.
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High School At what rate does the mass accelerate?
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High School Equation of a simple harmonic motion(SHM)
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High School What Happens When a Marshmallow Collides with a Human in Space?
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High School Centripetal acceleration v^2/r?
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High School Are You Confused About Mass vs. Weight in the Shoe Drag Lab?
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High School What are common signs of a faulty wheel hub bearing?
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High School How would I solve a problem like this.
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High School How to draw distance-time graph from velocity-time graph?
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High School Can a steel ball ( marble ) hover ?
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High School Can anybody explain the formula for Kinetic Energy?
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High School Stratosphere ride in las vegas?
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High School What factors affect the displacement range in Hooke's Law?
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High School You shoot them straight into the air, which one hits the ground first?
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High School How to do velocity-time graph to distance graph/acceleration to velocity graph?
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High School Question about loudness of sound
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High School Freezing point of flowing water.
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High School Tension Forces and Block: Direction of Pulling?
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High School Forces while walking and driving
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High School Effects of gravity on a pendulum
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High School Can You Make a Telescope Using Water Drops?
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High School Gravity: What Forces Keep an Object in Orbit?
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High School Why Haven't Lighter Density Liquids for Swimming Pools Been Invented?
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High School Hearing Sound: How Does It Travel?
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High School What Causes the Upward Force Counteracting Gravity?
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High School Questions About Gravity: Answers to Understand
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High School Mass, Inertia and Velocity Question
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High School How Can You Measure Static Friction Without a Spring Balance?
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High School Mass vs Weight: Understanding Relative Atomic Mass
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High School Are Coefficients of Friction Independent of Weight?
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High School Calculating Final Velocity of Free Falling Objects
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High School Importance of a keystone in an arch?
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High School Earth is a inertial frame of reference
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High School Velocity at the top of the path
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High School Maximum Speed - T-shaped intersection
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High School Why motors can convert energy?
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High School Can you explain this? Hunting physics
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High School Toppling giving example of a block on horizontal surface?
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High School Help with Mousetrap Racer Project
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High School Basic question about work and gravity
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High School What will happen in this situation
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High School What factors determine the speed of a projectile fired from an air gun?
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High School True Explanation of a Lever please.
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High School How many times will the energy in a choclate bar lift 100kg?
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High School Is Centrifugal Force a Real Phenomenon or Just an Illusion?
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High School Quick question to wat this equation is?
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High School Why you call momentum for momentum?
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High School Can a Plane Really Fly Upside Down?
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High School Can tension be generated perpendicular to a rope?
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High School How to Calculate the Force Applied on a Plate by Another Plate?
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High School Speed of satellites in a geostationary orbit
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High School Question about Center of Gravity
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High School What Causes Liquid to Form a Link Chain Shape When Poured Slowly?
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High School Calculate Speed of Rock after Falling 5 Seconds in Vacuum
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High School Elementary holicopter question
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High School Drop of water in slow motion - explanation needed
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High School How many balloons would it take to lift an object?
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High School Motion in One Dimension tutorial
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High School Does Particle Motion at Very Small Velocities Make Sense?
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High School Designing a Strong Book Stand Using Straws and Tape
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High School Research on rotational of rigid body.
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High School The force of drag is proportional to velocity?
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High School Falling Paintball Speed Question
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High School Is Tension in Equilibrium Achievable with Two Connected Blocks?
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High School Do Water Molecules at the Bottom of a Pool Move Faster and Get Closer?
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High School Third Equation Of Motion Question
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High School The Magic of Avatar's 3-D Technology
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High School Egg Drop Challenges: Ensuring Safe Delivery of 3 Grade A Eggs
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High School Can anyone explain what actually surface tension is?
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High School Grease under the eyes of football players - dumb or not?
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High School Calculating the gravitational acceleration
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High School How does a rocket work in space
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High School Force transferred across a fulcrum
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High School What Is Kinetic Energy? Explained Simply
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High School Can a Helium Balloon Levitate Without Touching the Ceiling?
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High School Mechanical Advantage: Pulley Systems & Archimedes' Ship
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High School Do Straws Function in a Vacuum?
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High School Collision at constant velocity
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High School Explaining Newton's Cradle: The Science Behind the Single Ball Effect
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High School What is the derivative of kinetic energy?
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High School Law of universal gravitation - why DON'T heavy objects fall faster in a vacume
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High School What is Inertia? | Learn About this Scientific Concept
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High School Calculating average speeds when distance is unknown
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High School Impact generated by a futsal ball vs. basketball ball at a wall
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High School What happens to a car's speed on ice?
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High School Why Does Water Flow Narrower from a Faucet at the Bottom?
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High School Horizontal component of projectile motion
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High School Is there such a thing as constant velocity ?
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High School Does a chimney work in this situation?
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High School What is centripital acceleration physically?
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High School Simple Harmonic Motion: 1 Cycle = 1 Oscillation?
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High School Weight difference between an empty and a full memory stick
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High School Falling off of a building and ANY equations that would be associated with that
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High School Can Modified Cars Achieve 1.5G on the Skidpad?
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High School Temperature & Sound: Does Hotter Equal Louder?
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High School Distance formula and addition of meters per s
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High School Does that really work? Dowsing
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High School Why is rotational momentum I=mr²?
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High School What is a Force? Explained and Examples
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High School How Is Kinematics Applied in the Modern World?
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