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High School Kinetic Energy of Volleyball: Where Does it Go?
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High School Is Newton's Cradle True? Investigating Bullet Experiments in Physics
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High School Conservation of momentum and isolated systems
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High School How Does the Speed of Sound Affect Sound Changes?
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High School What is the difference between static and kinetic friction?
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High School Questions About Work, Force, and Pendulum
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High School What does the term friction mean
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High School Where Can I Learn Basic Concepts of Force and Energy Online?
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High School Physics Mystery: Airplane & Cow on String
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High School Why would I die when I jump out of a plane?
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High School Water Powered Rockets: Where Does the Energy Come From?
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High School Practical investigation on motors and generators
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High School Rotational Physics / Angular Momentum - Links?
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High School Speed Tests: Is One Run from 0-130 Enough?
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High School Balloon in Sealed Box: Does a Suspended Rock Affect Weight? | Forum Discussion
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High School What Happens When Water is Launched Into the Sun?
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High School How Is the Formula for Centripetal Force Derived?
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High School Physics of mouse-trap driven car?
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High School Why Does Hot Water Create Steam in the Shower?
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High School Formula one racing car question.
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High School Can a Water Wave Be Longitudinal?
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High School Analyzing One-Dimensional Collisions (Physics Lab)
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High School Basic motion stuffs, time and velociton
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High School The Physics of Michael Jordan's Air Walk & Jumping Higher
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High School Investigating Proportionality of Elastic Band Range to Pull-Back Length
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High School Frames of reference & Inertial frames
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High School What is the relationship between harmonic motion and the strobe phenomenon?
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High School Physics of Sailing: Learn More About Boat Motion
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High School How Can a Physics Car Project Achieve Automatic Stopping at a Set Distance?
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High School What happens with drag and students?
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High School Sound and Energy: Evidence of Sound as a Form of Energy
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High School KE, v squared and a constant of proportionality
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High School Two Objects Dropping: Do Weights Matter?
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High School Now what exactly does momentum mean
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High School What is the unit ni/sec and how does it relate to distance and speed?
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High School Uniform Circular Motion: Understanding Forces in Space | Basic Physics Question
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High School Understanding Spin: What Force Allows Constant Acceleration?
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High School How Does a Spinning Doll Demonstrate Physics Principles?
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High School A question on the conservation of energy
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High School Acceleration Comparison: Basketball vs. Tennis Ball
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High School Master the Art of Free Body Diagrams: Understanding Vectors and Scalars
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High School Easy Question about Fluid Statics
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High School Solving Bicycle Problems and Understanding Gyroscopes: A Helpful Guide
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High School X(t) = Xo cos (wt) + (Vo/w) sin(wt)
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High School Galileo’s law of falling bodies ?
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High School ES: Does a Engine At Idle Have Potential Energy?
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High School Speed of Sound & Light at Sea Level
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High School How Do Different Sounds and Heat Relate to Object Interaction and Air Movement?
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High School What are the best energy sources for building a high pressure cannon?
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High School Is there a simpler explanation for the equation \omega=\frac{2\pi}{T}=2\pi f?
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High School Help me find the resistivity of pure carbon
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High School Early attempts at determining the speed of sound?
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High School How cAN YOU fake no-gravity?
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High School Change in a change in acceleration
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High School Curious questions about a pendulum
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High School Does sound travel towards or away from the source?
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High School Class Project: Moustrap Launcher
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High School What is the scientific explanation behind the functioning of a waterpipe?
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High School Bullet & String: The Impact on Bullet Velocity and Trajectory
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High School Conservation of linear momentum
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High School Air pressure: water through a straw
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