Explain why the image seen in astronomical telescopes is inverted
What will be an ideal response?
In both reflectors and refractors, the eyepiece must be located behind the prime focus, so the light reaching it has "flipped over" in passing through the focus.
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The space time interval ?s between two events can never be larger than the coordinate time ?t between those events as measured in any inertial reference frame.
A piece of soft wood floats in water with half of its volume submerged. If it is placed in mercury which has a density about 13.6 times that of water, it will float ________ (higher, lower, the same) compared with floating in water.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
A student noticed a yellow, solid substance was formed when mixing two clear liquids during a lab. What term describes this yellow, solid substance
A. physical change B. exothermic reaction C. endothermic reaction D. precipitate
In an "atom smasher," two particles collide head on at relativistic speeds
If the velocity of the first particle is 0.741c to the left, and the velocity of the second particle is to the right (both of these speeds are measured in Earth's rest frame), how fast are the particles moving with respect to each other? A) 0.866c B) 1.091c C) 0.883c D) 0.788c