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When we speak of time dilation, we mean that time

If you travel at speeds close to the speed of light, then, compared with your friends who "stay at home," you are

Special Relativity

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1
If you travel at speeds close to the speed of light, then, compared with your friends who "stay at home," you are
no younger nor no older
younger
longer
older
2
When we speak of time dilation, we mean that time
is related to space
is a constant at all speeds
compresses with speed
stretches with speed
3
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
4
To an observer at rest, an object traveling at very high speeds appears to be
shorter in the direction perpendicular to travel
shorter in the direction perpendicular to travel
longer in all directions
shrunken uniformly
5
Einstein stated that the laws of physics are
the same in all moving frames of reference
the same in all frames of reference
different depending on the situation
common sense applied to microscopic and macroscopic things
6
What Einstein discovered about space and time is that they
are special to space travelers
follw an inverse-square law
are parts of one whole
are seperate entities