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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A rocket is headed away from Earth at a speed of 0.80c. The rocket fires a missile at a speed of 0.70c (the missile is aimed away from Earth and leaves the rocket at 0.70c relative to the rocket). How fast is the missile moving relative to Earth?
1.50c
a little less than 1.50c
a little over c
a little under c
0.75c
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which best describes the Relativity Principle?
Any value is a correct value relative to a certain observer
The basic laws of physics are the same in all inertial reference frames
The speed of light is always constant
The presence of matter "curves" spacetime, and this curvature affects the path of free particles (and even the path of light)
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Maxwell's Equations satisfies Special Relativity
True
False
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Michelson-Morley Experiment concluded that...
No object can exceed the speed of light.
The speed of light is constant regardless of direction (i.e. there is no ether).
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the second postulate of Special Relativity?
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Suppose Bob in a moving train near the speed of light says that lightning struck the front of the train first then the back. Alice on Earth sees that lightning struck the front and back at the same time. Who is correct?
Bob
Alice
Neither
Both
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
clocks moving relative to an observer are measured to run...
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