A rocket ship flies past the Earth at 87.0% of the speed of light.  Inside, an astronaut who is undergoing a physical examination is having his height measured while he is lying down parallel to the direction the rocket ship is moving. If his height is mesured to be 1.96m by the doctor inside the ship, what height (in meters) would a person watching this from the Earth measure?

An alien spacecraft is flying overhead at a great distance as you stand in your backyard. You see its searchlight blink on for 0.150s. The first officer on the spacecraft measures that the searchlight is on for 22.0ms. Which of these two measurements is the proper time?.

Define each term below (5 pt each): a) Absolute circulation b) Deformation c) Relative vorticity d) Earth vorticity e) Potential vorticity

Match the following to their correct terms and numbers. You may use answers more than once, some answers may seem correct but there is a better answer that fits.  Choose wisely

Dr. Zarate, your instructor for this course, provides her teaching philosophy in this course simple syllabus.  

Calculate the magnitude of the force required to give a 0.145 kg baseball an acceleration a=1.00 m/s in the direction of the baseball’s original velocity, when this velocity has a magnitude 0.990c.  Express your answer in Newtons.

Now use the Lorentz coordinate transformation to calculate t (in seconds) as measured by Stanley for the event of turning on the light.

The nurse is reviewing the medication donepezil with a patient recently diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease. What is the primary mechanism of action of this medication?

In order to be counted as “present”, students are required to submit/complete at least one assignment or discussion board post _________.

IT assets of a large security training center near the coast are worth $2 million. If a severe hurricane hits, 25% of the equipment is likely to be damaged. What is the single-loss expectancy (SLE)?