General Relativity Quiz

What is the effect of a greater gravitational field strength on clocks?

• Clocks tick faster

• Clocks tick slower

• Clocks stop ticking

• Clocks run at the same speed

Where will clocks run slower: on the surface of the Earth or at the top of Mount Everest?

• On the surface of the Earth

• At the top of Mount Everest

• Clocks run at the same speed

• Clocks stop ticking

Why do clocks on GPS satellites need to be adjusted?

• To make them run faster

• To make them run slower

• To make them stop ticking

• To account for general relativity

In regions of extreme gravitational fields, what happens to clocks?

• Clocks run faster

• Clocks run slower

• Clocks stop ticking

• Clocks run at the same speed

What happens to time at the event horizon of a black hole?

• Time speeds up

• Time slows down

• Time stops

• Time remains the same

What is the phenomenon called when light from a galaxy is bent by the gravitational distortion of spacetime?

• Gravitational bending

• Gravitational warping

• Gravitational lensing

• Gravitational distortion

What is the ring of light formed when a galaxy's light is bent into a ring by the gravitational field of another galaxy called?

• Einstein ring

• Galactic ring

• Gravitational ring

• Light ring

What was the first experimental evidence for general relativity?

• Observation of starlight during an eclipse

• Detection of gravitational waves

• Precession of Mercury's orbit

• Observation of black holes

What did Albert Einstein predict the existence of in his general theory of relativity?

• Black holes

• Gravitational waves

• Time dilation

• Spacetime distortion

What is the discrepancy in the precession of Mercury's orbit that cannot be accounted for using Newton's equations?

• 43 seconds of arc per century

• 5600 seconds of arc per century

• 5557 seconds of arc per century

• No discrepancy