Cosmic Times 1919 Reading Comprehension

What did Dr. Albert Einstein predict about the bending of light?

• Light bends around large, massive objects like the Sun

• Light bends around small, lightweight objects like the Moon

• Light does not bend at all

• Light bends twice as much as what Sir Isaac Newton predicted

What did Dr. Einstein's General Theory of Relativity explain about gravity?

• Gravity is a force that pulls objects towards each other

• Gravity and inertia are the same

• Gravity does not exist in space

• Gravity is caused by the movement of stars

What did the observations during the 1919 solar eclipse prove?

• Dr. Einstein's prediction about light bending was incorrect

• Sir Isaac Newton's prediction about light bending was incorrect

• Light does not bend around massive objects

• Dr. Einstein's prediction about light bending was correct

What did Dr. Harlow Shapley discover about the size of the Milky Way galaxy?

• The Milky Way is smaller than previously thought

• The Milky Way is ten times bigger than previously thought

• The Milky Way is the same size as other spiral nebulae

• The Milky Way is shrinking in size

What did Dr. Shapley conclude about the other spiral nebulae in the sky?

• They are other galaxies similar to the Milky Way

• They are clusters of stars within the Milky Way

• They are shrinking in size

• They are expanding at a rapid pace

What did Dr. Einstein's model predict about the universe?

• Space is expanding, causing stars to move apart

• Space is contracting, causing stars to collapse

• Space is neither expanding nor contracting

• Space is constantly changing its shape

What did Dr. Einstein add to his model to explain the unchanging universe?

• A new universal constant called lambda

• A new force called gravity

• A new theory called relativity

• A new planet in the solar system

What did Dr. Einstein believe about the nature of God and the universe?

• God is constantly changing the universe

• God is immutable and the universe is unchangeable

• God does not exist in the universe

• God is separate from the universe

What did Dr. Shapley use to calculate the distances of globular star clusters?

• Cepheid variable stars

• Black holes

• Neutron stars

• White dwarfs

What did Dr. Shapley find about the location of the center of our galaxy?

• The center is near the constellation Sagittarius

• The center is near the constellation Orion

• The center is near the constellation Ursa Major

• The center is near the constellation Andromeda