Special Relativity

The speed of light _________________.

• is constant in all frames of reference

• changes based on frame of reference

• speeds up even faster in different frames of reference

• stops when in different frames of reference

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What is the formula for special relativity?

Special Relativity is a theory of...

• Gravity

• Star formation

• Light

• Quantum mechanics

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The speed of light (c) =

• 186,282 miles per second

• 300,000,000 meters per second

• 3.0 x 10⁵ km/sec (kilometers per second)

• All answers are correct and equal to one another

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What are the name of Einsteins (4) dimenions?

• A, B, C, Time

• X, Y, Z, Time

• L, W, H, Time

• W, X, Y, Z

Objects with mass cause disturbances in this...

• time

• space

• gravity

• spacetime

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What does gravity do to time?

• speeds it up

• slows it down

• nothing

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Which of these provides the best analogy for what massive objects do to spacetime?  

• coat hanger in the closet

• bowling ball on a rubber sheet

• car driving in a circle

• tennis ball in the dryer

Finish this phrase "Matter tells spacetime how to curve, spacetime tells matter how to ______"

• move

• collapse

• expand

• rest

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In the movie Interstellar, the main character was on a planet that was close to a black hole for a short time while his young daughter remained on Earth.  Based on what you know about gravity and time, OR your knowledge of the movie... what happened?

• When he got back to Earth, his daughter was older than he was

• When he got back to Earth, his daughter was the same age but he was younger

• When he got back to Earth, his daughter wasn't even born yet.  

• When he got back to Earth his daughter was just being born.