Understanding Einstein's Theories

In what year did Albert Einstein first publish the Special Theory of Relativity?

• 1915

• 1895

• 1920

• 1905

What was Einstein's profession when he developed his Special Theory of Relativity?

• Patent Clerk

• University Professor

• High School Teacher

• Physicist at a Research Institute

What limitation of the Special Theory of Relativity was Einstein unhappy about?

• It only applied to observers moving in a straight line at a constant speed

• It only applied to particles at the quantum level

• It did not account for electromagnetic forces

• It could not explain the photoelectric effect

What concept did Einstein's thought experiment about a falling window washer lead to?

• Special Theory of Relativity

• Theory of Everything

• General Theory of Relativity

• Quantum Mechanics

What did Einstein's thought experiment about a room in space accelerating upwards illustrate?

• The curvature of space-time around massive objects

• The equivalence of mass and energy

• The equivalence of gravity and acceleration

• The constancy of the speed of light

What mathematical concept did Einstein use to describe the curvature of space-time?

• Calculus

• Euclidean Geometry

• Algebra

• Reimannian Geometry

What phenomenon did General Relativity explain that Newtonian physics could not?

• The precession of Mercury's orbit

• The rings of Saturn

• The orbit of Mars

• The phases of Venus

How does General Relativity describe gravity?

• As an illusion created by the observer's motion

• As a result of electromagnetic interactions

• As a curvature of space-time caused by mass

• As a force between masses

What does the theory of General Relativity predict that was considered impossible before?

• Black holes

• Wormholes

• Time travel

• Teleportation