Special relativity - Quiz
A) Galileo Galilei B) Isaac Newton C) Albert Einstein D) Stephen Hawking
A) 100,000,000 meters per second B) 299,792,458 meters per second C) 1,000,000,000 meters per second D) 500,000,000 meters per second
A) Time B) Mass C) Speed of light D) Length
A) Momentum conservation B) Force and acceleration C) Potential energy D) Mass-energy equivalence
A) Luminiferous aether B) Quantum vacuum C) Dark matter D) Plasma
A) It increases B) It decreases C) It remains constant D) It becomes zero
A) Alternate dimensions B) Quantum entanglement C) Space travel through time D) Integration of space and time into a single continuum
A) Law of conservation of energy B) Principle of relativity C) Quantum entanglement D) Law of inertia
A) Isaac Newton B) James Clerk Maxwell C) Galileo Galilei D) Albert Einstein
A) 1905 B) 1925 C) 1895 D) 1915
A) They vary based on observer's position B) They are invariant (identical) C) They change with velocity D) They depend on acceleration
A) Move faster B) Stop C) Moving clocks run slower D) Stay the same
A) They occur at different times B) Their order is reversed C) They disappear D) They remain simultaneous
A) Postgraduate level B) Elementary school level C) University level D) High school level
A) E=mc B) E=mc2 C) E=m/c2 D) E=c/m2
A) Lorentzian geometry B) Galilean geometry C) Newtonian geometry D) Euclidean geometry
A) c B) L C) m D) E
A) Galilean transformation B) Newtonian transformation C) The Lorentz transformation D) Euclidean transformation
A) Relativistic corrections B) Galilean transformation C) Euclidean geometry D) Newtonian mechanics
A) Distances between two events by observers in motion differ B) Time measured between two events by observers in motion differ C) Events that appear simultaneous to one observer may not be simultaneous to another D) Velocities no longer simply add
A) Events appear simultaneous to all observers B) Visual observations always report events that have happened in the past C) Time dilation does not occur D) Length contraction is negated
A) Newtonian geometry B) Galilean geometry C) Euclidean geometry D) Lorentzian geometry
A) 1632 B) 1905 C) 1887 D) 1864
A) Maxwell's experiment B) Einstein's 1905 paper C) Michelson–Morley experiment D) FitzGerald-Lorentz experiment
A) 1915 B) 1864 C) 1907 D) 1887
A) Using a clock with uniform periodicity within a reference frame. B) By observing changes in velocity. C) By using only spatial coordinates. D) Through acceleration measurements.
A) A reference frame. B) An event. C) Acceleration. D) The speed of light.
A) Henri Poincaré. B) Isaac Newton. C) James Clerk Maxwell. D) Albert Einstein.
A) Partial aether-drag B) Complete aether-drag C) Light-time correction D) Relativistic aberration of light
A) A⋅B = A0B0 + A1B1 + A2B2 + A3B3. B) A⋅B = A0B0 - A1B1 - A2B2 - A3B3. C) A⋅B = A0B0 + (A→ ⋅ B→). D) A⋅B = A0B0 - (A→ ⋅ B→).
A) The received frequency remains unchanged. B) The received frequency decreases. C) The received frequency increases. D) The frequency depends on the medium.
A) Δx = Δx'γ B) Δx' = Δx/γ C) Δx' = Δxγ D) Δt' = Δt/γ
A) Time dilation B) Lorentz transformation C) Length contraction D) Relativistic velocity addition
A) Wolf, Peter; Petit, Gerard B) Darrigol, Olivier C) Rindler, Wolfgang D) Alvager, T.; Farley, F. J. M.
A) 3.1 seconds B) 4 seconds C) 2 seconds D) 1.5 seconds
A) The impossibility of faster-than-light travel B) Thomas rotation provides a resolution C) Length contraction only D) Time dilation effects
A) Princeton University Press B) De Gruyter C) TU Delft OPEN Publishing D) Oxford University Press
A) Warp Special Relativity Simulator B) lightspeed C) Real Time Relativity D) Through Einstein's Eyes
A) Wave propagation B) General relativity C) Thermodynamics D) Quantum mechanics
A) The Hogg Notes on Special Relativity B) Relativity Calculator: Special Relativity C) MathPages – Reflections on Relativity D) Bondi K-Calculus
A) Scholarpedia B) Isis C) Physical Review A D) Physics Letters
A) 1923 B) 1905 C) 2005 D) 1964
A) TU Delft OPEN Books B) Nauka, Moscow C) Princeton University Press D) University of California Press
A) T. Alvager B) Olivier Darrigol C) Peter Wolf; Gerard Petit D) Wolfgang Rindler
A) The Schrödinger equation B) The Heisenberg uncertainty principle C) The Dirac equation D) The Klein-Gordon equation
A) Time dilation. B) The Sagnac effect. C) Mass-energy equivalence. D) Lorentz contraction.
A) The Meaning of Relativity B) Relativity: The Special and General Theory C) Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper D) On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies
A) SpecialRelativity.net B) Relativity Calculator: Special Relativity C) The Hogg Notes on Special Relativity D) MathPages – Reflections on Relativity
A) tan⁻¹(β) B) sec⁻¹(β) C) cos⁻¹(β) D) sin⁻¹(β)
A) Wolf, Peter; Petit, Gerard B) Rindler, Wolfgang C) Alvager, T.; Farley, F. J. M.; Kjellman, J.; Wallin, L. D) Darrigol, Olivier
A) Neither axis is vertical B) The x axis C) Both axes are vertical D) The ct axis
A) As traveling along a zig-zag path. B) In a straight line up and down. C) As moving slower than c. D) As stationary within his frame.
A) Dependent solely on spatial components. B) Only timelike and spacelike. C) Timelike, spacelike, or null (lightlike). D) Orthogonal, parallel, or perpendicular.
A) 80,000 years B) 58,000 years C) 40,000 years D) 100,000 years
A) The stationary twin does not receive any signals. B) Because each twin receives all signals sent by the other, despite differing experiences. C) Because they communicate in real-time during the journey. D) The traveling twin sends more signals than received.
A) Coulomb potential B) Newtonian potential C) Gravitational potential D) Liénard–Wiechert potential
A) lightspeed B) Warp Special Relativity Simulator C) Real Time Relativity D) Through Einstein's Eyes
A) Relativity Calculator: Special Relativity B) Greg Egan's Foundations C) Einstein Online D) Audio: Cain/Gay (2006) – Astronomy Cast
A) Carl Sagan B) Stephen Hawking C) Robert Katz D) Richard Feynman
A) 100,000 years B) 148,000 years C) 150,000 years D) 200,000 years
A) The Hogg Notes on Special Relativity B) Einstein Light C) Relativity Calculator: Special Relativity D) Audio: Cain/Gay (2006) – Astronomy Cast
A) 2026 B) 2005 C) 2018 D) 1977
A) Δx'
eq 0 B) Δt' eq 0 C) Δt' = 0 D) Δx = γΔx'
A) Niels Bohr. B) Isaac Newton. C) Paul Langevin. D) Albert Einstein.
A) Sergey Stepanov B) Harvey R. Brown C) Lawrence Sklar D) Paul Tipler
A) Wolf, Peter; Petit, Gerard B) Darrigol, Olivier C) Alvager, T.; Farley, F. J. M. D) Rindler, Wolfgang
A) γ = tanh(φ). B) γ is independent of rapidity. C) γ = sin(φ). D) γ = cosh(φ).
A) The displacement would be due to light-time correction. B) There is no displacement predicted. C) It results from aberration of light. D) The displacement depends on complete aether-drag.
A) Modern Physics (4th ed.) B) Classical Mechanics and Special Relativity C) Relativistic World D) Mechanics and Relativity
A) Galilean diagrams B) Newtonian diagrams C) Minkowski diagrams D) Einstein diagrams
A) 12 years B) 10 years C) 6.5 years D) 5 years |
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