SPECIAL RELATIVITY UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. physical location used to observe and measure physical phenomena
Answer:
frame of reference
Question:
2. a frame of reference in which an object is moving with constant velocity
Answer:
inertial frame of reference
Question:
3. a frame of reference that is not at a constant velocity
Answer:
non-inertial frame of reference
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4. (c) the speed of light in a vacuum, c=3.00*10^8 m/s
Answer:
speed of light
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5. the speed of light does not depend on the reference frame of the person watching it, it is not relative,
it is absolute
Answer:
what makes light special
Question:
6. the laws of physics are the same in all inertial frames of reference
Answer:
first postulate of special relativity
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. physical location used to observe and measure physical phenomena
Answer:
frame of reference
Question:
2. a frame of reference in which an object is moving with constant velocity
Answer:
inertial frame of reference
Question:
3. a frame of reference that is not at a constant velocity
Answer:
non-inertial frame of reference
Question:
4. (c) the speed of light in a vacuum, c=3.00*10^8 m/s
Answer:
speed of light
Question:
5. the speed of light does not depend on the reference frame of the person watching it, it is not relative,
it is absolute
Answer:
what makes light special
Question:
6. the laws of physics are the same in all inertial frames of reference
Answer:
first postulate of special relativity