Beyond Our Solar System Test Review

Which theory explains the geometric description of gravity as a curvature of spacetime around massive bodies?  (a)  

• Theory of Special Relativity
• Law of Universal Gravitation
• Theory of General Relativity
• Photoelectric Theory 

Clocks closer to a gravitational source run ______

• slower
• faster
• the same

How Does A Black Hole Distort Light

• It Makes A Ring Of Light Around It's self
• It Curves Light at a 290 degree angle
• It Makes The Sky Around It All White For A mile
• It is unknown how black holes distort light

Which two things typically result from a Supernova? (a)  

• Black Hole and Neutron Star
• Black Hole and Nova
• Neutron Star and Supernova
• All of the above

This image is known as a (a)  

• Neutron Star
• Black Hole
• Planetary Supernova
• Supernova

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A neutron star results when the Supernova has a core remnant that is (a)  

• Less than 3 solar masses
• Greater than 3 solar masses
• Less than 5 solar masses
• Greater than 5 solar masses

What conditions must exist for a black hole to form?

• When the core remnants of a Nebula are greater than 3 solar masses.

• When core remnants of a Supernova are less than 3 solar masses.

• When core remnants of a Supernova are greater than 3 solar masses.

• When the core remnants of a Nebula are less than 1 solar mass.

When Your Body Goes Inside A Black Hole The Stretching effect is called what (a)  

• spaghettification
• stretchification 
• longification
• sausageification

How do we spot Black Holes

• By using gamma rays and x-rays to detect high energy sources
• By using high energy to detect gamma rays and x-rays
• By using radioactive waves to detect high energy  sources
• By using massive telescopes to detect gamma rays

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How Does A Star Collapse

• The Core of the star has a greater gravity than the surface
• The Surface of the star has a greater gravity than the core
• A massive explosion occurs in the core which collapses the star