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12PHYS Relativity
12PHYS Relativity
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What Einstein discovered about space and time is that they
are parts of one whole
are special to space travelers
are separate entities
follow an inverse-square law
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If you travel at speeds close to speed of light, compared with your friends on earth, you are
older
longer
younger
no younger nor no older
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When we speak of time dilation, we mean that time
is related to space
is a constant at all speeds
stretches with speed
compresses with speed
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To an observer at rest, anobject traveling at very high speeds appears to be
shrunken uniformly
longer in all directions
shorter in the direction of travel
shorter in the direction perpendicular to travel
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2.5 seconds
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20 meters
13 meters
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Einstein’s second postulate tells us that the speed of light
depends on one’s frame of reference
changes depending on the time of day
slows in a transparent medium
is a constant in all frames of reference
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Einstein stated that the laws of physics are
different depending on the situation
common sense applied to microscopic and macroscopic things
the same in all uniformly moving frames of reference
the same in all frames of reference
