Which of the Following Describes a Major Challenge of Interstellar

question 4

Multiple Choice

Which of the following describes a major challenge of interstellar travel at near light speed?

• A) Any interstellar journey will take much longer than the lives of the crew members.
• B) Time dilation will slow the heartbeats of the crew to a dangerously low rate.
• C) Atoms and ions in interstellar space will hit the spacecraft like a flood of dangerous cosmic rays.
• D) Asteroid fields floating in interstellar space will present a severe navigational challenge.
• E) Supernova explosions could destroy spaceships passing nearby.

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Definitions:

Phonemes

The basic units of sound in a language that distinguish one word from another, e.g., the difference between the "p" in "pat" and the "b" in "bat".

Function Morphemes

Words or affixes that provide grammatical relationships between words in a sentence but do not have explicit meanings by themselves.

Nonsense Syllables

A string of sounds that do not form meaningful words, used in psychological experiments to study memory and learning processes, avoiding the influence of prior knowledge.

Morphemes

The smallest grammatical units in a language that carry meaning.