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If you travel at speeds close to speed of light, compared with your friends on earth, you are
no younger nor no older
younger
older
longer
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To an observer at rest, anobject traveling at very high speeds appears to be
shorter in the direction of travel
shorter in the direction perpendicular to travel
longer in all directions
shrunken uniformly
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13 meters
16 meters
20 meters
10 meters
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Einstein stated that the laws of physics are
the same in all frames of reference
the same in all uniformly moving frames of reference
common sense applied to microscopic and macroscopic things
different depending on the situation
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When we move around through space just a little bit, we are moving
only through space
mostly through time and only a little bit through space
through time only
mostly through space and only a little bit through time
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What Einstein discovered about space and time is that they
follow an inverse-square law
are parts of one whole
are separate entities
are special to space travelers
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Einstein’s second postulate tells us that the speed of light
is a constant in all frames of reference
changes depending on the time of day
depends on one’s frame of reference
slows in a transparent medium
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When we speak of time dilation, we mean that time
is a constant at all speeds
compresses with speed
stretches with speed
is related to space
