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Duplicate of Relativity
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Einstein’s second postulate tells us that the speed of light
changes depending on the time of day
slows in a transparent medium
depends on one’s frame of reference
is a constant in all frames of reference
2
If you travel at speeds close to speed of light, compared with your friends on earth, you are
no younger nor no older
longer
younger
older
3
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B
A
D
C
4
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 frames of reference
the same in all uniformly moving frames of reference
5
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D
A
B
C
6
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C
D
A
B
7
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
8
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2 seconds
1 second
2.5 seconds
1.25 seconds
9
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D
B
C
A
10
When we speak of time dilation, we mean that time
compresses with speed
stretches with speed
is related to space
is a constant at all speeds
11
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D
B
C
A
12
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10 meters
20 meters
16 meters
13 meters
13
What Einstein discovered about space and time is that they
are parts of one whole
are separate entities
are special to space travelers
follow an inverse-square law
14
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A
B
C
15
To an observer at rest, anobject traveling at very high speeds appears to be
shrunken uniformly
shorter in the direction perpendicular to travel
longer in all directions
shorter in the direction of travel
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B
D
C
A
17
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C
D
B
A
18
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C
B
A
