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Quick Quiz Relativity
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1
What was the Michelson Morley Experiment trying to do
measure the distance between the sun and earth
measure the speed of light
Measure the ether wind
measure the movement of the earth
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In the direction of travel, if you get
really
close to the speed of light you
Become almost infinitely thin and wide
Actually go backwards in time
Enlongate
Become antimatter
3
What did Einstein famously say to Niels Bohr about Quantum Mechanics?
Mileva is hotter than your wife
Imagination is more important than knowledge
I hate Nazis
God does not play dice
4
What event confirmed Einstein's General Theory of Relativity?
It was never confirmed
The Precession of Mercury
Eddington's Eclipse Expedition of 1919
The Atomic Bomb
5
Which of the following is not a postulate of the Special Theory of Relativity?
The laws of Physics apply in inertial reference frames..
The speed of light is a constant for all observers
There is no such thing as absolute rest or motion.
There are experiments you can do to prove absolute motion
6
As the equipment was rotated in the MM experiment what was predicted?
The interference pattern would change colour
The interference pattern would stay the same
the interference pattern would change
The interference pattern would disapear
7
Which of the following papers led to Einstein's Nobel Prize?
General Theory of Relativity
Special Theory of Relativity
Brownian Motion
The Photoelectric Effect
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A 20 yr old twin travels at .95c for 5yrs. How old is the rest twin on return?
95
36
112
16
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What does the General Theory of Relativity Explain?
That gravity is the warping of spacetime
Why the Moon wobbles
How length contracts
Why time slows down at high speed
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What happens to the mass of a 1 kg brick accelerated to C?
Undefined
It becomes infinitely massive
All of these things
It can't happen
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What happens to a subatomic particle when it reaches relativistic speeds?
It contracts
It becomes more massive
All of these are true
Its decay rate slows
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What experiment led to the Special Theory of Relativity?
Gravitation
Electromagnetic Induction
Michelson-Morley
Time Dilation
