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High School Speed vs Acceleration: What's the Difference?
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High School What is the true definition of inertia and where can it be found?
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High School Best way to launch a marshmellow?
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High School Centripetal Motion and Masses at the Fair
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High School Discover the Smallest Possible Force: Physics Lab Demonstration Tips and Ideas
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High School Mastering Projectile Motion: How to Find Angle & Velocity of a Catapult
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High School Discovering Gravity: Galileo's Groundbreaking Findings
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High School How Do Sound Waves Travel Through Air?
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High School The effects of gravity on a pendulum
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High School Can a Ball or Bullet Accelerate After Being Released?
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High School A question posed in my calculus class
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High School What is the equation for calculating acceleration due to gravity?
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High School Freezing a cold bottle of water by slamming it?
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High School Random Physics Effect: Football Spin Experiment Results
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High School How can stacking boxes be done safely and efficiently to prevent tipping?
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High School Designing a Water Transport System: Up to 10L, 3 Meters, No Kits
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High School Newton's Laws: Examples to Explore
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High School Water not conducting in my experiment
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High School Downforce for Cars: Help and Equations
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High School Will Swinging Frequency of a Bucket Decrease?
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High School How to Build a Car That Travels 5 Meters and Shoots a Target Sideways?
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High School Explore Newton's Laws of Motion with Dr. Donald Luttermoser of ETSU
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High School How can you design a science fair project on bullet velocity and impact physics?
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High School Hi - What is perpetual motion?
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High School Unit of Mechanical Advantage of a machine?
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High School Physics for Beginners: Vectors, Velocity, Gravity & Motion
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High School Building a Trebuchet - Seeking Advice on Slings
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High School Calculate Minimum Water Depth for Safe Cliff Jumping | Physics Help Needed
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High School Rolling Can with Rubber Band and Plasticine
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High School Find Answer: How Does a Fan Work?
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High School Ice Melts, Water Level Changes in Beaker
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High School Winning the Paper Tower Challenge
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High School Really n00bish beginners' question about motion
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High School Speed & Stability: Bicycle Dynamics Explained
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High School How to maintain speed and momentum while spinning on a skateboard?
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High School Why is lifting a fast travelling bike harder?
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High School Velocity Acceleration and Gravity
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High School Opposing forces connected by a rope
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High School Momentum and law of conversation of momentum.
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High School What Happens When a Projectile Is Fired Opposite to a Moving Car?
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High School Counting Time: Can Someone Help?
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High School Are There Any Particle Accelerators in Houston?
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High School How much force will get this thing moving?
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High School What is the formula for calculating pressure as a function of height?
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High School How fast does a bullet return to earth?
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High School Does the Earth's mass affect the Moon's orbit?
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High School Free Fall or What? Weight Change Explained
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High School Uphill Physics Problem: Which Side Requires Less Energy?
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High School What is Force? - A General Definition
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High School For Those Good In Physics water Level Problem.
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High School Understanding Buoyancy: How Does a Ship Float?
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High School Perfectly Elastic Collision - Real World Examples
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High School What is centre of gravity. How is it calculated?
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High School Kinematic Analysis: Solving the Challenge of Box Friction with a Smaller Object
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High School Can Decibels Measure Sound Wave Loudness?
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High School Gravity car wheel radius selection
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High School Siphon Questions Answered: Can Outflow Be Submerged?
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High School What Other Forces Are Out There?
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High School Can Different Radii of Pipes Affect the Height of Liquid in a Tank?
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High School Why Do Electrons Orbit Protons & Planets Orbit the Sun?
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High School Terminal Velocity of Projectile
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High School Why Doesn't the Moon Fall When Orbiting Earth?
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High School Why is fuel still needed in space?
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High School Understanding Center of Gravity and Balance
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High School Can High-Speed Travel Really Allow Objects to Pass Through Walls?
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High School Balancing a Bicycle: The Relationship Between Speed and Stability
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High School Crackpot perpetual energy generator idea
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High School Train Motion: Does it Really Move While Rotating Wheels?
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High School Stirring Glass of Water: Dregs Move to Middle
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High School Train Blows Away Person: Is It True?
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High School How Does a Car Actually Slow Down When Braking?
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High School What Is Tensile Strength? | A Physics Novice's Questions
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High School Does a tennis ball stop a train if it hits it?
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High School How is the formula Kinetic Energy=1/2mv^2 derived?
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High School Why Do Bombs Fall in a Straight Line from Planes?
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High School Calculating Impact Energy of 7 Kg Dropped from 2 Meters
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High School Understanding Energy & Work: Seeking Help on Physics Theory
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High School What is the equation for calculating terminal velocity?
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High School Why does a soccer ball bend without spin?
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High School Gravity’s Effect on Water Flow from Tap??
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High School Understanding The Importance of Centre of Mass for Balance - Explained by Peter
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High School Where does all the water come from
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High School Can Humans Hear Supersonic Airplanes?
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High School Idea of greater force as neccesary to do anything
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High School Work Done by Force: Basics Explained
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High School Units for Period of Pendulum Formula
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High School Maximizing Efficiency: Water-Cooling Methods for a Refreshing Glass of Water
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High School Is Lifting Weight While Standing at Rest Considered Work?
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High School Kinetic Energy and Work to stop a particle
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High School Centripetal force in a golf swing
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High School Understanding Water Pressure: Tips for Measuring Flow from a 250 Gallon Tank
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High School How Does Gravity Work? Discussion
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High School Can I Jump from a Freefalling Elevator?
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High School Why does condensation occur on plastic water bottles?
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High School Flimsy bits of wood and tensioned strings
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High School Building a Projectile Launcher: Rubberband, Spring or Catapult?
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High School Floating & Sinking: Partially or Completely?
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High School WHy Can Birds Sit On Powerlines?
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High School Riding a Bicycle Easier Than Walking: Explained
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