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Special Relativity.
Special Relativity.
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Can an object in a vacuum move at the speed of light?
True
False
2
Which of these options is the definition of simultaneity?
Two events assumed to happen at different times in a frame of ref.
Two events assumed to happen at the same time in a frame of reference.
Two events assumed to happen at the same time in different ref frames.
Simultaneity literally isn't real.
3
which of these is an
inertial
frame of reference.
Being in a space ship moving at a constant velocity.
Being on a ball falling from a height.
Zooming around a corner in a mario kart kart.
being in an elevator moving upwards.
4
The speed of light in a vacuum has the same value in some inertial frames of reference.
False
True
5
Motion can only be measured relative to an observer.
False
True
6
The first postulate of special relativity: The laws of physics are the same in all uniformly moving frames of reference.
True
False
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Is this the mass-energy equivalence relationship?
True
False
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Consequences of the constant speed include, but are not limited to, which of the following?
Time dilation.
Length contraction.
Spaghettification.
Time dilution.
9
What is an example of a natural phenomena that can't be explained by Newtonian physics?
Presence of gluons in the atmosphere.
Presence of muons in the atmosphere.
Presence of dirt in water.
Presence of me at Bunnings.
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what is a 'frame of reference'?
The location of an observer relative to what they are observing.
A frame that you put your references in.
The location of an observer not relative to the event occurring.
Where things are happening.
