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High School Explain Inertia: Science & Process
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High School Why Does a Rocket's Momentum Remain Unchanged but Its Kinetic Energy Increases?
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High School Minimum speed of an object required to go round a circular loop.
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High School Understanding Signs of Net Force in Mass-Spring Systems
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High School Does a Bullet Speed Up After Being Fired?
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High School Testing Compression/Tension of Popsicle Sticks in Physics Bridge
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High School Why Doesn't the Glass Move When You Pull the Paper/Cloth?
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High School High school project to propel a toy rocket as high as possible
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High School Rocket Ship Question: How Much Gas for 2000 MPH?
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High School Does Shape Affect Terminal Velocity?
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High School Can a Car Turn 90 Degrees at High Speeds Using a Grappling Hook?
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High School Convert .130 kg to Newtons: Is Gravity Relevant?
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High School What Powers This Record-Breaking Radio Control Glider?
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High School Why Can't I Lift More with a Barbell Than Dumbbells?
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High School Paint on cars that change colour
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High School Brake or Swerve? My Professor Explained It
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High School What is momentum and how does it relate to running?
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High School Circular motion and vertical circle
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High School How does radar find the position of an object?
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High School Angular Velocity: What's the Difference between Horizontal and Vertical Circles?
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High School Why Do Objects Bounce When They Hit the Ground?
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High School Can a Slingshot Accurately Shoot a Basketball into a Hoop?
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High School Weight of landing from jumping
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High School What Happens When You Fire & Drop a Bullet from a 2 Story Building?
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High School Why the net force is only from external forces?
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High School Increasing Spin: Ice Skater's Formula Revealed
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High School Center of Mass Help: Understanding Concepts & Equations
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High School How can I double the distance of a pulled object using a scissor system?
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High School Exploring Hookes Law: Impact of Width on Elasticity
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High School The Physics of A Human Landing and Rolling
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High School Finding the distance an object will travel
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High School Solving Physics Problems: Gravitation, Upthrust & Buoyancy
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High School Are kinetic frictional forces always slowing down objects?
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High School Where to Find the Coefficient of Friction Between Paper and Plexiglass?
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High School Question about Friction and gravity
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High School How do gyroscopic forces affect a bicycle's stability?
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High School I am trying to do a research project for school
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High School Maximum coefficient of friction physics problem
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High School Point Mass and Extended Objects
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High School Difference between static friction and kinetic friction
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High School Creating a Paper Egg Drop: Challenges & Ideas
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High School Distribution of weights and net force
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High School Question about Terminal Velocity and Net Force
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High School What is the difference between inertia and Newton's First Law?
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High School Maximizing Launch Distance for a Penny Shooter
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High School What Makes Water's Physical Properties So Unique Compared to Other Liquids?
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High School Does Velocity Remain Constant in Vertical Motion?
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High School How Do You Determine Clockwise vs. Counterclockwise in Torque?
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High School Why do astronauts feel weightless in space?
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High School A potentially retarded question.
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High School Mousetrap Cars, Various thoughts that need clarification
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High School Mouse trap powered car- with fast acceleration
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High School Will a Wire Hanger Bowl Hold Water?
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High School Can Two Objects Have a Change of Direction Without Speed Change?
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High School Simple Forces: Add/Subtract for Net Force?
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High School Inertia or Impulse: Which Explains the Phenomenon?
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High School Build a Ping Pong Ball Cannon with Limited Materials
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High School Why Is Mechanical Work Expressed as W=Fx in Physics?
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High School Newton's 3rd law and horse cart
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High School If you jump off a bridge 50m above the water does the water need to be 50m deep?
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High School Is the law of the conservation of energy always true?
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High School Can a bullet knock someone back as hard as a semi truck?
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High School A book weighing 5 N rests on top of a table?
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High School Dynamics and action-reaction pairs
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High School Understanding Simple Pendulum Experiment: Water-Filled Sphere Explanation
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High School Kick-Off Demo - Grade 11 Physics
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High School How does mg = ma follow from F=ma?
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High School Consequences of Uniform Velocity: A Bus Collision
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High School Keep a Marble in Motion for 2 Minutes - Ideas & Your Thoughts
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High School Is Work on a Static Object Possible?
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High School What happens when you fire a gun in a zero gravity environment?
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High School Why do 2 balls bounce in a Newton's Cradle instead of just one?
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High School Can a Man Jump in a Moving Train and Land on the Same Spot?
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High School Are Speed, Acceleration, and Velocity the Same?
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High School Projectile Motion Resources for Grade 12: Challenging Problems
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High School Why velocity increases when radius decreases
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High School What is an inertial frame of reference ?
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High School Bigger wheels accelarate faster?
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High School Why Can You Jump Just as High on One Leg as Two?
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High School Hot Water Feeling Cold: A Neuroscientific Explanation
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High School Question about gravity and falling
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High School Hot Wheels Racing: Factors for Fast Cars & Modifications
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High School Is landing a plane on water possible?
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High School Statistics - A cars normal acceleration
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High School Understanding the Relationship Between Force, Momentum, and Impulse
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High School How Does a Manual Water Pump Work?
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High School Newton's Laws of Motion: Fundamental Law
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High School UW 1st Year Course Notes and Problem Assingments + Solutions
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High School Converting Velocity to Acceleration: 45,000cm/s to m/s^2
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High School Impossible Flight: One Wing Aircraft Soars Despite Odds
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High School If there was no friction and gravity
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High School Coefficient of friction (mu) is not dependent on the area
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High School How Can We Adjust Spring Stiffness?
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High School Prove the Earth Rotates This Way?
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High School Does a Battery Deliver Constant Power in Circuits?
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