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Relativity QuestionsWhat is the special theory of relativity ? - answer Answer: Frames of reference moving
with a constant velocity
According to Einstein what fundamental force is actually a curvature of space time ? -
answer Answer: Gravity
What are the four fundamental forces? - answer Electromagnetic, gravitational, strong,
and weak
What was einstein's Annus Mirabills? - answer Answer: Einstein's miracle year got four
papers published
Name one of the four papers Einstein got published? - answer: photoelectric effect,
brownion motion, special relativity, and mass energy equivalences
What is special relativity ? - answer: is a theory proposed by Albert Einstein that
describes the propagation of matter and light at high speeds
What is general relativity? – answer Answer:is the geometric theory of gravitation
What is the speed of light ? ( value) - answer: c= 3.00 x10^8 m/s
The symbol for proper time is______? – answer Answer: Δto
What was Einsteins miracle year? ( Give the numerical year) – answer Answer: 1905
Which fundamental force is actually a curvature of space time ? - answerAnswer: The
weak nuclear force
Matter and antimatter meet the result is best understood using - answerAnswer: The
formula for relativistic energy
Special relativity predicts the correct results - answerAnswer: For objects at all sizes
regardless of their speed
Relativistic Mass - answerAnswer:Mass increases with velocity
Relativistic Energy - answerAnswer:The total energy of a mass
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