General Relativity

What is the equivalence principle? 

• gravity and acceleration are the same thing
• constant speed and at rest are the same thing
• gravity is curvature of space
• gravity and constant velocity are the same thing

According to Newton, gravity was a force.... According to Einstein, gravity is a ________.  

• force
• curvature
• mystery
• constant velocity

What does gravity do to time?

• speeds it up
• slows it down
• nothing

Which of these provides the best analogy for what massive objects do to spacetime?  

• coat hanger in the closet
• bowling ball on a rubber sheet
• car driving in a circle
• tennis ball in the dryer

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What year did Einstein complete General Relativity?  

• 1905
• 1916
• 1922
• 1919

During what rare event was Relativity confirmed?

• Total Solar Eclipse
• Total Lundar Eclipse
• Summer Solstice
• Halley's Comet

At rest on the Earth would feel exactly like ______________.  

• Being on a rocket in space moving at a constant velocity.
• Being on a rocket in space accelerating upwards at 9.8 m/s2
• Being on a rocket in space that is at rest.
• Being at rest on Jupiter

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Does a beam of light 'fall' if it is moving through a gravitational field?

• Yes
• No

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The 'point of no return' for a black hole is called....

• singularity
• event horizon
• jets
• accretion disk

Where does all the mass that create a black hole go? 

• event horizon
• singularity
• accretion disk
• jet