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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