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High School Can acceleration be called directly propotional to inclined plain
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High School Conservation of Energy: Formula & Definition
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High School Can gravitation force change its direction
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High School Understanding Kinetic Energy and Momentum: Explained with a Collision Example
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High School Condensing water into an area?
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High School How Does Positive Lift Affect the Ascent Rate of a Heavily Loaded Truck?
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High School As you move higher on earth do you weigh more?
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High School How long before the box hits the ground?
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High School Hy does every action have an equal and opposite reaction?
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High School Saturn Speed: Can You Ease On At 1mph?
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High School Help with 45° Physics Homework Problem: Kate's Dilemma
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High School Why Do Everyday Physics Experiments Challenge Our Beliefs?
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High School Physics Presentation: Explaining Constant Acceleration
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High School Learn How to Calculate Average Speed in Physics - Simple Problem Solved
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High School Is friction still a linear relationship at high pressures?
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High School Gravity: Does Force Weaken with More Matter?
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High School On Saturday I was taking balloons to my neice for her birthday party
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High School SHM: What Factors Affect the Period of a Pendulum?
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High School Why do objects experience acceleration due to gravity?
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High School Solving for Unknown Mass Using Hooke's Law: Tips and Equations
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High School Understanding and Solving Tensions in Physics for Students
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High School Is there any such thing as a frictionless surface?
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High School Baseball: how do sinkers work?
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High School Kinematics: two dimensional motion, and vectors
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High School Understanding Friction: Forces and Coefficients Explained
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High School How to Apply Newton's Laws of Motion on a Frictionless Surface?
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High School Newtons law of universal gravitational question
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High School Circular Motion of two objects
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High School Can You Explain Why a Cork Won't Float in the Center of a Glass of Water?
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High School Max height of a projectile equal to range?
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High School A Question about Flying Clothes Pegs
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High School How Does a Stone's Motion from a Cliff Illustrate Basic Physics Concepts?
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High School Calculating Force for a Space Shuttle with Earth's Gravitational Acceleration
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High School Watering golf courses could make a surrounding area more humid
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High School Gravity in Water: Effects on Dropped Objects
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High School Difference between rotational and angular velocity
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High School Mastering Motion of 2 Dimensions in Physics - Solved Problem and Techniques
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High School Explain in relative velocity please?
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High School Velocity and Displacement Problem: Solving for Missing Variables
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High School Is there a limit to how loud a sound can be?
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High School How Much Pressure Does a Gallon of Freezing Water Exert
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High School Centrifugal Force: What Is It?
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High School Is there such a term as centrifugal force?
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High School One dimensional motion of a tortoise
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High School For a table on a rough surface, if i give it a push
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High School Question which one travels faster?
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High School Can Sound Waves Charge Car Cylinders? A Closer Look at the AEM V2 Intake Product
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High School How Can I Improve the Firing Mechanism of a Toy Gun?
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High School Why/How Do Waves Work in Nature?
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High School Can a Windshield-Mounted Device Accurately Measure Car Performance Metrics?
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High School Calculate Work: Lifting and Moving a 90 lb Bag of Shingles in 5 seconds
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High School Water Expansion: How Frozen Oceans Impact the World [SOLVED]
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High School Can a Trillion Stacked Soda Cans Crush the Bottom One?
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High School Projectiles (bullets), energy, force
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High School What makes a liquid rhythmically jump in a running blender?
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High School Phase Change Water: Pool vs Lake, Which Freezes First?
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High School Gravity? Did he fall or was he pushed?
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High School An airplane flies due north at 150km/h with respect to the air
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High School Centripetal versus centrifugal explained
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High School Comparing Time and Motion: Understanding the Relationship
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High School Sound waves and gravity question
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High School What causes the snapping sound when a towel is snapped?
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High School A question regarding Potential Energy
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High School How can I calculate the maximum height reached by a model rocket?
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High School Is Sound Energy or a Force?
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High School Friction coefficient waterslide
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High School How does inertia prevent soldiers from falling out of a turning helicopter?
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High School How do high school students build and fly lifters using high voltage capacitors?
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High School Speed vs Velocity: Understanding the Difference
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High School Can a baseball pitcher throw a true riser?
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High School What Are the Key Physics Concepts Behind Paintball?
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High School Understanding Water Displacement: How Much Water Do I Need to Float at 160 lbs?
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High School How far away is the farmer? Speed of sound and wave vibration in physics
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High School A Fly's "Mysterious" Ride on the Bus
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High School Are there any good books on elastics for a beginner?
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High School Inertia humming bird is hovering in a car
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High School How realistic is the physics behind the motorcycle jump in Tomorrow Never Dies?
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High School What does the g stand for when computing moment of inertia
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High School Are These Projectile Formulas Effective for Calculating Object Trajectories?
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High School I have a question on forces anyone help me
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High School Angular Momentum points in WHAT direction?
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High School Generator Principles and Equations Explained
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High School Baseball Distance Debate: Hot Air vs Cold Air [SOLVED]
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High School Where Does Gravity Have the Most Impact?
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High School Question: What is the acceleration of a body moving with constant acceleration?
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High School Elastic Collisions and conservation of momentum
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High School Tell Me About Kinetic Energy, Please
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High School A Question about Object Motions [With thanks in advance]
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High School If we had no memory, would we observe motion?
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High School Newton's Second Law: Help with Homework - 11 Character Puzzle Answer
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High School Vector Force and Golf Ball Collision
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High School Understanding the Causes of Vibrations in Systems
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High School Conservation of Mechanical Energy
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High School Which law explains the best why an aircraft can fly?
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High School Why does water spin in different directions at different parts of the world?
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