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Chapter
35: Special Theory of Relativity
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Chapter
Objectives:
- Describe
the concept of relative motion.
- Describe
the Michelson-Morley experiment.
- List
the postulates of the Special Theory of Relativity.
- Discuss
how the Special Theory of Relavitivity applies to time dilation,
length contraction, space time, space travel, and length contraction.
- Define
relativistic momentum.
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Chapter
Terms:
- frame
of reference
- postulates
of the special theory of relativity
- simultaneity
- spacetime
- time
dilation
- length
contraction
- mass-energy
equivalence
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Chapter
Outline Framework:
- Motion
is Relative
- Michelson-Morley
Experiment
- Postulates
of the Special Theory of Relativity
- Simultaneity
- Spacetime
- Time Dilation
- The Twin
Trip
- Addition
of Velocities
- Space Travel
- Length
Contraction
- Relativistic
Momentum
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