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Sample Questions Ch. 35 - SpecialTheory of Relativity
The place form which motion is observed and measured is called - answera frame of
reference
The speed of light is - answerconstant for all observers
What is special about the ratio distance traveled per unit of time? - answerit is constant
for light
According to the special theory of relativity, all laws of nature are the same - answerin
all uniformly moving reference frames
How fast would a light beam appear to Einstein is her were traveling in the same
direction at 90% of the speed of light? - answerc
A postulate of special relativity is that the speed of light - answerfor all observers is a
constant
Two lightning bolts are seen to strike two distant locations at the same time. Seen from
a different location, the two lightning bolts - answermay or may not be seen at the same
time
When you run along the hall form one classroom to another you're moving through -
answertime and space
All events and all things exist in "the spacetime continuum" with coordinates - answerof
distances in three dimensions, and of time
An observer moving with a light clock in a spaceship sees a light flash bouncing up and
down between parallel mirrors in 1 nanosecond. An observer at rest outside the
spaceship sees the same up-and-down flash in - answermore than 1 nanosecond
The stretching out of time due to motion is called time - answerdilation
Compared to clocks in a stationary reference frame, clocks in a moving reference frame
run - answerslower
Clocks on a spaceship moving at high speed relative to the Earth run more slowly when
viewed from - answerEarth
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