Einstein’s First Postulate - Theory of Special Relativity

<p>It states that the speed of light is constant in all inertial frames</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>That light must travel through a medium, even in a vacuum</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A reference frame in which a body at rest remains at rest and a body in motion moves at a constant speed in a straight line unless acted on by an outside force</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A plane flying at a constant altitude and speed</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The force on an object is equal to the product of mass and acceleration plus a fictitious force</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Inertial reference frame</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Objects remain at rest or move at a constant speed in a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They become more complex</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Net force equals mass multiplied by acceleration</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fictitious force</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The laws of electricity and magnetism predicted that light travels at a constant speed, but Newton's laws suggested that light's speed should depend on the observer's motion.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An object with mass cannot travel at the speed of light.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Light must travel through a medium, even in a vacuum, and its speed is relative to that medium.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The existence of the hypothetical aether medium through which light was thought to travel.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It establishes that the laws of physics are the same in all inertial frames of reference.</p> Signup and view all the answers