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High School Solving Vector Problems: Tips & Strategies
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High School What Are the Key Differences Between Water Flow and Current Flow?
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High School Frictionless Surface: Is It Possible?
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High School Ball bouncing on the floor - Normal reaction?
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High School Orientation of an object after collision with ground
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High School Calculating Force Needed to Push Water Through a Hose
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High School Driving a car on the roof of a truck.
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High School Understanding Friction: Causes and Confusions in Physics Explained
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High School Building a Slingshot in a 1m Cube - Grade 12 Physics Project
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High School Some conceptual collision/energy stuff
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High School Calculating Power of a rotating shaft
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High School What Are Internal and External Forces in Materials?
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High School Calculate Acceleration & Top Speed of 39lb Weight in 135lbs Force
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High School What are the units for Young's Modulus in GPa?
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High School Help Understanding Gravitational/Elastic Potential Energy and related
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High School Calculating Maximum Speed of a Bike Downhill
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High School Why Does a Straw Retain Liquid? - Gordon
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High School Derivation of Dynamic Pressure
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High School How Does Isolation Work When Keeping Drinks Hot or Cold?
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High School Gravitational potential energy challenge
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High School What is the relationship between center of mass and center of gravity?
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High School Simple Harmonic Motion in daily life
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High School Sound Waves in Solids: What Type of Waves Do They Propagate?
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High School Yikes, I (Centripital Motion/Forces/Friction)
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High School Power and Power Dissipated by a resistor in layman's terms
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High School Where Can I Find Projectile Travel Graphs?
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High School What Materials Work Best for a Miniature Golf Ball Roller Coaster Track?
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High School Coriolis Effect: Man Walking Football Field, Right?
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High School Why do objects bounce at a 30 degree angle?
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High School Cardboard Boat Model: Can 3 People Sit?
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High School Quick rotational motion question
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High School Force exerted on you while you move in a circle at unchanging speed?
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High School Stopping distance in motorcycle accident
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High School Finding the Center of Mass for a Pinewood Derby Car
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High School Understanding Vector Components: Explaining an Inclined Plane Physics Question
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High School Why Do Rally Drivers Use Handbrake Turns?
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High School Determining the center of mass experimentally
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High School How Long Does Water Take to Evaporate?
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High School Does Your Weight Change Between Noon and Night Due to the Sun's Position?
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High School What are the key factors in understanding crash testing?
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High School Explaining Tension: Get Help Now
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High School Sounds of Music - Metallophone
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High School What factors affect the pitch and tuning of organ pipes?
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High School How high could you jump on a trampoline with increasing tension?
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High School What Makes a Marker Lid Fly Across the Room?
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High School Does a Roller Coaster Exit a Loop at the Same Speed It Enters?
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High School Calculating Roller Coaster Design for Physics Class
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High School Throwing a ball on smooth surface.
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High School Playing basketball on the moon?
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High School Can an object travelling really fast catch friction?
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High School Understanding Tension in a Vertical Pendulum: Calculation and Explanation
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High School Q on basic principles of weight and mass
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High School Understanding Van de Graaff Generator Behavior: Paper vs. Aluminum Contact
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High School Is Work Done When Cycling Up a Hill with Constant Velocity?
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High School Weight of the whole earth with reference to an apple
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High School Does a flying fly affect the weight of a plane?
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High School How is force defined in physics and what does it really mean?
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High School Does Object Positioning on a Scale Affect Its Measured Weight?
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High School How does the weight distribution work in a human pyramid?
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High School Understanding Energy and Kinetic Equations: A Quick Question Answered
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High School Why is kinetic energy not a vector
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High School Why do scientists use sound waves in water?
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High School Can Explosives Really Make a Building Fall Faster Than Physics Allows?
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High School G Force equivalencies (help and idiot out)
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High School Harnessing Energy from Water: Is it Possible?
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High School Bird & Train: Solving the Mystery
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High School Coefficients of static friction
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High School Water fountain +dynamo (Free energy?)
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High School Understanding Momentum and Gravity on the Moon
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High School Help Needed: Working Out Resistor Size for Potential Divider
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High School Can Kinetic Energy Always Be Conserved in Elastic Collisions?
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High School The Music of Space: Could Space Dust Transmit Sound?
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High School Understanding Gravity: The Relationship Between Mass and Acceleration
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High School Discover the Impact of Force on Basketball Players' Jumps | TV Show Insights
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High School How Do Figure Skates Enhance Skating Performance?
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High School What makes a material able to spread weight
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High School Estimating a tower's height using shadows
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High School Soup Can Race Help: Faster & Slower Cans
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High School Do fins help an object rotate?
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High School Is Static Friction Capable of Doing Work?
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High School Action and Reaction - I. Newton
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High School Middle School Science Question: Conductivity of Water
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High School Calculating Work Done by a Push: Weight vs Push Forces
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High School Pascal's Principle Lab Idea for AP Physics BC
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High School Buoyancy: Can Force Be Greater Than Mass?
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High School What Are Potential Holes in Liquids and Their Implications?
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High School Basic kinematics equations question
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High School Power Consumption: Is Unplugging Worth It?
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High School Hovercraft Physics: Main & Secondary Principles & Related Items
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High School How can I rotate a shape in 2D space?
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High School Graph Distance vs. Time: Accelerating Car
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High School Angular velocity and rotational motion
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High School What is a good subject for my first physics project?
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High School Making A Small Roller Coaster - A couple of questions (please answer )
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High School How do I reduce the coeff. of friction against water?
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High School Simple Harmonic Motion and Wave Motion
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High School What angle do I use to find the perpendicular force in torque calculations?
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