LESSON 1: CONSEQUENCES OF SPECIAL RELATIVITY POSTULATESA Glimpse of Time & SpaceThroughout the ages, man has been fascinated to understand, explain, explore, andinvestigate the world and its natural phenomena using scientific processes. This nature ofman striving towards grasps of knowledge and glimpse of enlightenment led to modern dayunderstanding of the natural world through theories and principles governing our veryexistence.The vastness of information and immensity of knowledge we unfold throughout ourlifetime seems boundless and infinite as to how dedicated and passionate we are inachieving enlightenment. One notable individual who stood out among the rest in terms ofinvestigating natural world was Albert Einstein.The idea that we are moving everyday governed by the principle of time and the rateof our movement through space varies from turtle pace to supersonic rocket ship velocitymay be insignificant and somehow negligible as to importance. However, these often-neglected principles inspired Albert Einstein who was fascinated in explaining and exploringthings around him, which paved way to the discovery of one of the most influential theoryand principle governing modern day understanding of Physical Science - Einstein's Theoryof Special Relativity.ACTIVITY 1:Gearing up for My Relativity JourneyDirections: Read and analyze the given situations/questions below. Complete the table bywriting your prediction on the given situation.1. Will it be possible for a moving person to observe two events happeningsimultaneously with respect to inertial frame given that another person simultaneouslyobserves the two events in one inertial frame?2. Does the distance covered by light under a stationary frame similar to the distance itwill cover under a moving frame considering a stationary observer?3. How do time and space influence aging on Earth and on the outer space?

We need to investigate the situations given in the question.

Gearing up for My Relativity Journey Directions: Read and analyze the given situations/questions below. Complete the table by writing your prediction on the given situation. 1. Will it be possible for a moving person to observe two events happening simultaneously with respect to inertial frame given that another person simultaneously observes the two events in one inertial frame? 2. Does the distance covered by light under a stationary frame similar to the distance it will cover under a moving frame considering a stationary observer? 3. How do time and space influence aging on Earth and on the outer space?

Gearing up for My Relativity Journey Directions: Read and analyze the given situations/questions below. Complete the table by writing your prediction on the given situation. 1. Will it be possible for a moving person to observe two events happening simultaneously with respect to inertial frame given that another person simultaneously observes the two events in one inertial frame? 2. Does the distance covered by light under a stationary frame similar to the distance it will cover under a moving frame considering a stationary observer? 3. How do time and space influence aging on Earth and on the outer space?

Inquiry into Physics

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ISBN:9781337515863

Author:Ostdiek

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Chapter12: Relativity, Particle Physics, And Cosmology

Section: Chapter Questions

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