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High School What are the differences between static and kinetic friciton?
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High School Is a perpetual motion machine possible?
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High School Is Maximum Velocity Always Indicative of Maximum Acceleration?
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High School Calculating Air Volume for Boat Stability in Water
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High School When should the negative sign be included in acceleration for F=ma?
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High School What is the Most Accurate Accepted Value for the Gravitational Field, g?
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High School What Does 'Jerk' Mean in Physics?
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High School What Are Some Engaging Vandergraph Generator Demos for Grade 9 Students?
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High School Can Force Be Determined Solely from Kinetic Energy and Displacement?
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High School Why its happened - spring things
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High School Building an RPG: Navigating Physics with Dr. Charington
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High School What is the potential danger of nanotechnology?
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High School Why do ripples on water appear circular?
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High School Acceleration Due to Gravity in Rocky Mountains
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High School Does Sand Falling in an Hourglass Affect the Balance Scale?
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High School Understanding Friction Force Direction & Identification of Relative Motion
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High School Darts in an Elevator: Adjusting Aim?
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High School How Does a Cube Exhibit Rotational Motion?
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High School Can Two Objects Move Opposite Directions?
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High School Screaming at Twice the Speed of Sound
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High School Figure out horizontal force necessary to move an object
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High School Friction does not care about area
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High School Discover the Motion Pattern of Two Objects Spinning Around Each Other
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High School Are There Metals in the Air Affected by Gravity?
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High School Bernoulli's Principle Explained: Ball vs Plane Wing
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High School Is Physics Required to Accurately Launch a Water Balloon with a Slingshot?
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High School Volume & Pressure: Calculate Cubic Feet of Air for 100 PSI Tank
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High School Question regarding Newton's laws
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High School Potential energy of a book resting on a floor
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High School What are some tips for understanding uniformly accelerated motion in physics?
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High School Does Speed Affect the Time it Takes for One Car to Pass Another?
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High School What is the boiling point of blood at low air pressure?
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High School What is the Space Shuttle's Velocity at Various Altitudes?
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High School Instantaneous Velocity vs. Average Velocity: Is There a Limit?
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High School What is the weight of a 1780 L(kg) British sailboat in US pounds?
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High School Gr.12 Physics Help: Drawing Tangents for Velocity/Accel/Speed
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High School Is Displacement Always Zero in Circular Motion?
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High School Explosion Force: Wall vs Moveable Object
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High School Action without equal and opposite reaction
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High School Why Does Moon's Gravitational Force Overcome Earth's?
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High School Satellite Tangential Speed: Questions & Answers
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High School Playing with oil, water, and glass
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High School Air Flow Through Dual Spouts on Laid Down Jug
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High School Why Don't Car Makers Dimple Sheet Metal to Reduce Drag?
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High School Sodium vapor lamps - how do they work
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High School Is Water Pressure Equal in an Upside Down Submerged Cup?
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High School A stone is dropped from the top of a cliff
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High School Space Travel: How Do Spaceships Move?
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High School 2D Elastic Collision equations
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High School Explain Centripetal & Centrifugal Force to Inanics
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High School Why Can't We Hear Screams Underwater?
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High School Max Acceleration: Body Reaches on Ground
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High School Help Me Relative Motion In One Dimension.
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High School Force: Mass m Velocity Change from v1 to v2
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High School Incline Forces: Understanding Block Movement on an Inclined Plane
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High School What Is the Significance of Continuum Mechanics in Physics?
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High School Understanding Centre of Mass in Physics
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High School How Do Aeroplanes Change Direction?
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High School Power of Consecutive Fans: Double the Speed?
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High School Is a Warm Water Rinse More Effective for Washing Machine Clothes?
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High School Why coin drop down into the glass?
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High School Why Do We Feel Weightless in Orbit But Not on Earth?
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High School Car Tire Leak: Does Motion Affect Air Loss?
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High School Why Does Placing a Bag Over a Debit Card Work?
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High School Finding Mass of Object without Scale
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High School Why do screws have a 'righty tighty, lefty loosy' convention?
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High School Water Cooled PC and Condensation
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High School What is the formula for calculating energy in a moving object?
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High School Does a fly move relevant to your head?
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High School Door naturally swings if the hinges are not properly aligned
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High School Fish Bowl Physics: Does Weight Increase?
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High School What Are the Effects of Gravitational Force on Mass and Velocity?
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High School Why we draw rectangular compnents of a vector?
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High School What is the buoyant force exerted on the balloon in air
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High School Understanding the Mechanics of Gravity: How and Why It Works
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High School Uncovering the Physics Behind a Cannon: US Army's Elevation Formula Revealed
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High School Question on Horizontal Acceleration
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High School Creating a Working Newton Cradle: Physics & Glass/Stone Balls
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High School Why does air speed change in different sized tubes?
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High School Did Newton Predict Antigravity and Weight Loss Using Velocity?
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High School Isaac Newton's Theory of Gravitation
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High School Trouble Understanding KE=1/2MV^2? Get Real-World Examples
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High School Create Whirlpool in 55 Gallon Barrel?
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High School Energy is the capacity to do work
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High School Finding Displacement of Glass Block
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High School Side of tide due to moon and sun's gravitational pull
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High School What is the initial velocity formula for a potato cannon?
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High School Net force zero = velocity > zero ?
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High School Why doesn't the moon fall to Earth?
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High School How can a ball falling from a height be simulated without air friction?
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High School Two questions i had a long time ago
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High School Need Help with Bonus Physics Project on Yo-Yo
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High School Does Paper Bend in Space with a Constant Force Applied?
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High School Different mass, different speed?
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High School EASY Question from Physics Beginner
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High School Shock absorbers that only resist motion in one direction?
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High School Ideas for launching projectile rocket
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High School Building a Water Rocket: What Affects Launch Height?
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High School What the heck is inertia anyway?
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High School Understanding Acceleration and Velocity in Relation to Gravitational Force
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