Relativity Test UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
When we move around through space just a little bit, we are moving... - CORRECT
ANSWER - mostly through time and only a little bit through space
Light is different from objects with mass in that no matter how fast the source always -
CORRECT ANSWER - has the same speed
Einstein reasoned that - CORRECT ANSWER - all of the above
A spaceship moves away from a space station at one-half th e speed of light. If a person in the
space station flashes a light beacon, people in the ship will see light traveling toward them at a
speed of - CORRECT ANSWER - the speed of light
Suppose we observe light bouncing back and forth between two vertical clock mirrors in a
spaceship that is whizzing past us at a very high speed. Compared to what the person in the
spaceship sees the spaceship clock as running - CORRECT ANSWER - slow
If you are moving in a high-speed spaceship relatives to the Earth, you would - CORRECT
ANSWER - none of the above
According to the special thirty of relativity, all laws of nature are the same in reference frames -
CORRECT ANSWER - that move at constant speeds
Clocks on a spaceship moving very fast appear to run slow when viewed from - CORRECT
ANSWER - neither A nor B
When you approach a light source that in turn is moving towards you, your speed relative to the
emitted light waves - CORRECT ANSWER - stays the same
Questions and CORRECT Answers
When we move around through space just a little bit, we are moving... - CORRECT
ANSWER - mostly through time and only a little bit through space
Light is different from objects with mass in that no matter how fast the source always -
CORRECT ANSWER - has the same speed
Einstein reasoned that - CORRECT ANSWER - all of the above
A spaceship moves away from a space station at one-half th e speed of light. If a person in the
space station flashes a light beacon, people in the ship will see light traveling toward them at a
speed of - CORRECT ANSWER - the speed of light
Suppose we observe light bouncing back and forth between two vertical clock mirrors in a
spaceship that is whizzing past us at a very high speed. Compared to what the person in the
spaceship sees the spaceship clock as running - CORRECT ANSWER - slow
If you are moving in a high-speed spaceship relatives to the Earth, you would - CORRECT
ANSWER - none of the above
According to the special thirty of relativity, all laws of nature are the same in reference frames -
CORRECT ANSWER - that move at constant speeds
Clocks on a spaceship moving very fast appear to run slow when viewed from - CORRECT
ANSWER - neither A nor B
When you approach a light source that in turn is moving towards you, your speed relative to the
emitted light waves - CORRECT ANSWER - stays the same
