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PRACTICE:Physics Unit26: Special Theory of Relativity



 Author: physics   Total Marks: 61 mks  Marks Awarded: _____________

User Name: No Login  Start Time: 23年05月01日 10:04  Switch to Whole-Paper Mode

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  You are riding in a spaceship that has no windows, radios, or other means ffqc63uu 4kmo9*)p/vea wxt: oor you to observw4vaux)/ f:3q oot c e*mk9up6e or measure what is outside. You wish to determine if the ship is stopped or moving at constant velocity. What should you do?

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  The Michelson-Morley expesfudc: sev56cs)87mv2e y9 q criment was designed to measure

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  Michelson and Morley concluded from the results of tvjk lpj 2vm8wuy0fb43l ;8zl7heir experiment that

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  You can build an interferometer yourself ifgztl/;yq 2b(rwlo .pycu x43. you use the following components:

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State the relativity principle) (z1uq jafc 8fbl;z1k.
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State the three unprovable assumptions of Galilvk d/:oy:mz9uml: ; bjean-Newtonian relativity.
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  The theory of special rela4hw-u wuge o+ (xkl4:gtivity

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  One of Einstein's postulates in for9j:, nujvezi8- e*hd mmulating the special theory of relativity was that the laws of physics are the same in referenc9m zd8:h,inej eujv-*e frames that

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State the first postulate of special relativizo2dcb45 8mjo ty.
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State the second postulazb-gx r; bbro+ .ryu0;te of special relativity.
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  If you were to measure your pula+u 6dc+eaq5r-lcek .se rate while in a spaceship moving away from the Sun at a speed close to the speed of uqaelk5dca .6 -+cre+ light, you would find that it was

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  Relative to a stationajf1t6,lvym) dmps( 5zry observer, a moving clock

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  The gamma factor is defined as 6enuu8w3x ;rl$\gamma = 1 / \sqrt{1- (v/c)^2}$, therefore gamma ($\gamma$)

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  Suppose one twin takes a ride in a space ship traveling at a ver1:kgioi + 0sdj*pp:uez h**mvy high speed to a distant star and back again, while the other twin remo+zp:ki ** hgi1* upv:me sjd0ains on Earth. The twin that remained on Earth predicts that the astronaut twin is

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  Relative to a stationary observer, a movingx9jsg *hyc, (m object

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  An object moves in a di(pid0r2l-fg orection parallel to its length with a velocity that approaches the velocity of light. The width of this object, as mea ( op-0grdfl2isured by a stationary observer,

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17#
 
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  An object moves in a direction parallel to its length with a velocity that a:rcwn)g d ,)dzpproaches the velocity of light. The length of this object, as measured by a stn :dg ,wd))rczationary observer,

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18#
 
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  As the speed of a particle approaches the speed of lighupy7 mdr,h0)t .a1atyt, the mass of the particled,hpt 0 t1.ya7ar )muy

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  As the speed of a particle approaches the speed of light,st*qg zk 99l+o the momentum of the parti9+gq tsl*k9 ozcle

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  A spear is thrown by yo ml5yx;j(p;b.w .o*u5szn)bighq qx0u at a very high speed. As it passes, you measure its length ;pb z.w*hj u(x)gq.o; xlbqs55yni0m at one-half its normal length. From this measurement, you conclude that the moving spear's mass must be

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  What happens to the kinetic ene4. n2kh ab0gdzn:ou0 argy of a speedy proton when its relativistic mass doub hn.k zuondaab:0g0 24les?

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22#
 
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  What happens to the total relativistic energy of a speedy proton when its r1a4dy7.,.m devhe yt gelativistic mas 7.4, dyyhvemd 1tage.s doubles?

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23#
 
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  Consider a particle of mass ja*d 5eobn8 ;.gnilb6 $m$ and rest mass $m_0$. Which of the following is the correct expression for the kinetic energy of such a particle?

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  Consider two spacesha. 2c/ k5lhvq,qg2r m-els2vrips, each traveling at 0.50c in a straight line. Ship A is moving directly aqs2.qlvv5r-h l,r m2/ag2ck e way from the Sun and ship B is approaching the Sun. The science officers on each ship measure the velocity of light coming from the Sun. What do they measure for this velocity?

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  Which of the following15b+yox je-b1-vzu p w depends on the observer's frame of reference?

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  As the velocity of your spaceship increases, you would observt4no.4z:0dss+owkh k - yevi7e

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27#
 
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  A boat can travel 4.0 m/s in still water. With what speed, relp6(3 m8uvxs8 fz/phifw w/u/ 1bvtp9tative to the shore, does it move in a river p8w t1ft3x /9zp/v/ 6s bihpum(wfv 8uthat is flowing at 1.0 m/s if the boat is heading upstream?

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  A boat can travel 4.0 m/s in still cvus+wj:5 ak0 2kbm.nwater. With what speed, relative to the shore, does it move in a river that is f u k:s.bkjnm2c0 vw5a+lowing at 1.0 m/s if the boat is heading downstream?

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  A boat can travel 4.0 m/s in still water. With what speed, relaxoj zni*3l a .n1g 2xb).7 mjoo0gy6wrtive to the shore, does it move in a river that is flowing at 1.0 m/s if the bjga*7nj woo20. n)3xxr1y blm.o zg6ioat is heading straight across the river?

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  How fast should a moving clock travel if it is to hj4ebds5gf wp;n.+8p be observed by a stationary observer as running at one-half its norm ws8n .4;dj5 fbp+pehgal rate?

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  A spaceship takes a nonstop journey to a planet and returns in 10sv5*2:er he av hours according to a clock on the spaceship. If the speed of the spaceship is 0.80c, how much time has ela*rv sh:eea2 v5psed on the Earth?

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  A set of twins, Andrea and Courtney, are initially 10 year51pwlv gko 97vvp(/vos old. While Courtney remains on Earth, Andrea rides on a space ship which travels away from Earth at a speed of 0.6c for five years (as measured by Courtney), then turns around and comes pl( vgvk7/ow1v 5 9ovpback at 0.6c. When Andrea returns, Courtney is 20 years old. How old is Andrea upon her return?

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  One 20-year-old twin brother trdi2:2 za:xy gakes a space trip with a speed of 0.80c for 30 years according to a clod2:zg 2xyr a:ick on the spaceship. Upon returning to the Earth, what is his own age and the age of the Earth-based twin brother?

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  A meter stick is moving toward you with a speedw53r0p1ajo:a nt)9 /o bn yjve of 0.80c. What is its length?

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  How fast would a rocket ship have to move to contract to half;kq/3gq1s7 4t kon9wlhqrsh9u+z yd7 of its proper length (as ob gkwt;lhy4uqz97o+19 3rks / nqqdh7sserved by a stationary object)?

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  The length of a spacesu2tzm 5d6: 7 s,wdvohzhip is 10 m when it is at rest. If the spaceship travels by you with a speed of 0.70c, what length does it appearv s6,mht z7ow z5u:2dd to you?

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  The closest star to our solar system is Alpha Centauri, which is 4.30 lighrx*rg,nyw ,m *t years away. A spaceship with a constant speed of 0.800c relative to the Earth travels toward the star. What distance does thegn,r w*,mry* x space ship travel according to a passenger on the ship?

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  The closest star to our solar system )9z5 *ftnj kb g4yog:kis Alpha Centauri, which is 4.30 light years aw4kf)gn*zt 5bg:kjyo9ay. A spaceship with a constant speed of 0.800c relative to the Earth travels toward the star. How much time would elapse on a clock on board the spaceship?

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  The closest star to our solar systfy w4j9z-tn4bem is Alpha Centauri, which is 4.30 light years away. A spaceship with a constant speed of 0.800c relative to the Earth travels toward the star. How much time would elapse on yn4bf4-z9wtja clock on the Earth?

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40#
 
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  An electron is traveling at 0.85c. What is its mass? (The rest uff* . idy4g1hmass is $9.11 \times 10^{-31} \; kg$.)

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41#
 
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  What is the speed of a proton if its mass ito6 d;f182tegjms t8ws twice its rest mass?

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42#
 
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  If the velocity of your spaceship goes from 0.3 c to 0.6 c, then your mass wilt )f1nuosrc) ;s(oci;l increase by sn1 ict ou)s(cr;;)fo

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  What is the momentum im3w*l hbq40ei )ep q30vm*ili n $kg \cdot m/s$ of a proton when it is moving with a speed of 0.60c?

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44#
 
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  During a reaction, an elequy/5,2:o6yshiup f lment loses $4.8 \times 10^{-28} \; kg$ of mass. How much energy (in Joules) is released?

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45#
 
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  During a reaction, $1.7 \times 10^{-4} \; J$ of energy is released. What change of mass would cause this?

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  How much energy would be released if 2.0 kg ofjn7a9 afcva6)jb9n.)j xvl/w material was lost during a reactionnaaf/j .x b7v )v969jjnaw )cl?

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  The amount of energy equivalent to two kilogram of mass arn+c.58 w8dknm;o k1g/dpjk chgo e -j,77faot rest is

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48#
 
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  The atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki in 1945 k-u:ygjx6f(u i8dvy (gilled 140,000 people, helping to end World War II on the next day. It released energy equivale(xgy-:8 duiyu gf6( jvnt to that of 20,000 tons of TNT explosive. How much mass was converted to energy when this took place? (1000 tons of TNT = $4.3 \times 10^{12} \; J$) Incidentally, modern H-bombs have energy yields 1000 times as much!

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  The kinetic energy of a proton is 80% of its total energy. What is the spee nv-0 hkj,*/vlmg ay-zd of thevvy*jmk h,-0/zn lga - proton?

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50#
 
Single-Choice ( 1.0 marks) Whole-Paper View Save Problem  
  The kinetic energy of a proton is 80% of its:9c)eu nc hq/v8z3qap total energy. What is the momentum inhn/ c:z )38uq9eqvacp $kg \cdot m/s$ of the proton?

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51#
 
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  What energy is releaseddka2wsp 25* se1pd5rc (in MeV) during a reaction in which $1.67 \times 10^{-25} \; kg$ of material is converted to energy?

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52#
 
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  How much mass is lost during a reaction bn85 yal 9c)pe(jsr- l:) zuziin which $1.7 \times 10^{8} \; MeV$ of energy is released?

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53#
 
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  What is the total enkrr s x( 5i0d4*yb6a8e xsoa0 .euzh/hergy of an electron moving with a speed of 0.95c?

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54#
 
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  How many joules of energy are required to accelerate one kilogram of m*euhmc2f :;fm;1u nj uass from rest to eumunuj:ch f;f2* m1; a velocity of 0.866 c?

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55#
 
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  In a nuclear plant, *4n:(f0orb ez4 /vwql wb mctv 2hj r6.pv2wn-$1017$ J of energy is available from mass conversion. How much mass was lost?

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56#
 
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  An electron is accelyade8 a0ci- l6erated through 100 kV. By what factor has its mass increased with re yae6ad8i-cl 0spect to its rest mass?

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57#
 
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  You are in a rocket traveling awir 1q7dq, f+xhay from the Sun at 0.95c. You measure the speed of ligxhqd,i 7f+rq1 ht from the Sun to be

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58#
 
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  Two spaceships are traveling through space at 0.6 uw+kal:d6,bw 0 c relative to the Earth. If the ships are headed directly toward each otwdu6al,:kw b+her, what is their approach velocity, as measured by a person on either craft?

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59#
 
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  A fast spaceship is traveling with a speed of 0.80c. How fast would light trave2c09dvch q3qzl from the headlights of the ship relativecqq ch02dzv 93 to a stationary observer?

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60#
 
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  A spaceship moves away from the Earth with a speed e3 4ube1 we -rcqv46 naq9s)zjof 0.80c. The spaceship then fires a missile with a speed of 0.50c relative to the spaceship. What is the velocity of the missile measured by observer64zaqcsn 9-4wv) 3e eebjqu 1rs on the Earth if the missile is fired away from the Earth?

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61#
 
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  A spaceship moves away from the Earth with a speed of 0.80c. ezj o4u2ek*m0zcmh 8- u51jjvThe spaceship then fires a missile with a speed of 0.50c relative to the spaces4jcoej0h-mu* 1m e2u5 v8kzjzhip. What is the velocity of the missile measured by observers on the Earth if the missile is fired toward the Earth?

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