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High School What speed is something moving at right before it stops?
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High School Question about momentum involving shooting a hockey puck
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High School Can a ball roll down a frictionless plane?
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High School My Math or Science Teacher: Who is Correct?
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High School Thanksgiving Dinner Debate About GoPed Gearing
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High School I need to know how many FPS it takes to go 0-60 at 6.7 seconds
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High School Practical Problem (debate between friends)
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High School Is There a Speed of Darkness? And Other Questions About Light and Perception
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High School How to Calculate Acceleration on the X Axis Using Tri-axial Accelerometers?
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High School Why is an sattelite's motion not circular?
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High School Horizontal and Vertical components of falling objects
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High School Elephant toothpaste experiment cannon?
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High School How does air react to a surface with a lower coefficient of friction
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High School Are angular displacement, angular velocity, and angular acceleration, vectors?
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High School How to use impulse to solve any problem?
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High School Help explaining physics demonstration
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High School What is the terminal velocity of a ping pong ball?
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High School Compressed air at high pressure can cause frostbite?
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High School Understanding Displacement: Direction and Magnitude
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High School Pendulum Experiment - Finding relationship between period and length
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High School Cardboard Boat: Calculating Buoyant Forces
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High School Motion cannot be created or destroyed
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High School Solving the Mystery of Car Fog - Explaining the Science
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High School Why does water boil faster in a kettle then on the stove?
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High School The physics of the classic game Asteroids
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High School Swinging pendulum that swings forever?
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High School Physical meaning of momentum equation
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High School Is There Power Involved in Holding a Weight at Rest?
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High School Conservation of Energy, Matter & Space
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High School Can someone explain mass energy conservation?
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High School Calculate Force Constant for Safe Bungee Jumping: F=700N, x=9m, k=77.77 N/m
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High School Why Are Catgut Strings on Musical Instruments Wrapped With Wire?
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High School Tension in string when force is applied to both ends
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High School How Fast do I need to go to make my landing?
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High School Is There Truly Any Matter That Remains Motionless in the Universe?
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High School What is Damped Harmonic Oscillation?
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High School Angular Acceleration and Gravity
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High School Force of Vehicles Traveling at 13.4112m/s
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High School Relationship between gravity/kinetic energy
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High School Simple Finding Spring Constant
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High School Do we weight less during high tide?
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High School Cars & Torque: Flywheel to Drive Shaft
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High School Why Does Centripetal Force Keep Objects at a Constant Distance from the Pivot?
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High School Charging a car battery with dry cells?
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High School What is the significance of 2pie in the power formula?
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High School Why do smaller wheels on a car ?
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High School Can Resistors Receive Power on an Open Circuit?
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High School Differences Between Different Direction Notations
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High School Question about the output of a car battery in amps
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High School The forces exerted upon surface areas
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High School Plotting Force-Area Graphs: Answers Unveiled
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High School Lifting Weight VS Pushing a Scale
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High School Why is it water only enters the ear sometimes?
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High School Understanding why an angle is the same as another one?
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High School Why do smaller holes shoot higher jets of water?
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High School Why is the acceleration on a point on a wheel what it is.
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High School Why is the pressure of two different liquids in a manometer the same?
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High School Relation between velocity and force
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High School Understanding Centripital Force for New Physics Learners
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High School Experimental questions about the law of momentum
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High School Build a Glider for Physics Project
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High School Kinematic Equations: T vs Delta T vs DT
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High School Is Momentum Always Conserved in a Collision?
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High School Do Objects Ever Truly Stop Moving?
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High School Radio sounds come out earlier than TV's
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High School Understanding the kinematic equations
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High School What are the mechanics behind the wheel and axle simple machine?
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High School Centripetal Force: Why Don't Planets Fall from Sun?
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High School Wifi networks. Dangerous for health?
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High School Help Topic for AS coursework (sensors)
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High School Can you explain the mechanical advantage of a wheel and axle?
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High School How velocity builds up in space
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High School Discover the Fascinating Concept of Rotation Around a Curve
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High School Is Inertia the Key to Explaining Bullet Trajectory?
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High School Acting and reacting force and their work
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High School Measuring Force: A Quick Guide
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High School What is generator? does it have an definition?
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High School Question involving Force vs. acceleration graph
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High School Physics riddle (relocate if necessary)
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High School Is action and reaction instantanious?
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High School Speed Increase calculation for air over a wing.
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High School Can something have negative acceleration and still move faster?
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High School Basic question about mass and weight
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High School Angular Acceleration and Velocity
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High School How do you explain thein laymen words (i.e. in the unit N.s)?
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High School Is 1 kg Really Equal to 9.8N on Earth's Surface?
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High School What Is the Definition of Net Force?
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High School How Long Can 32oz of 78°F Water Last in 0°F Freezer? | Wichita KS
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High School Problem with learning how to use equations of motion
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High School Do Matter & Energy Move in Space?
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High School Illustrating difference of mass and weight
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High School Question regarding a car crash
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High School How much height does a bouncing ball lose after its first bounce?
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High School What is the purpose of a dual adjustable DC power supply and how does it work?
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High School What pump is this and how does it work.
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High School Why: Why Does Water Freeze at 32 Deg F?
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High School Combining two fans for more power.
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High School Uncovering the Science Behind Erasers: Why Do They Only Work for Pencil Marks?
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High School Motors & Generators practical investigation ideas
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High School Discovering Syringe Pressure & Suction: Small vs. Large Diameter Explained
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