Relativity

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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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

NGSS.HS-PS2-4

During what rare event was General Relativity confirmed?

• Halley's Comet

• Total Lunar Eclipse

• Summer Solstice

• Total Solar Eclipse

Finish this phrase "Matter tells spacetime how to curve, spacetime tells matter how to ______"

• move

• collapse

• expand

• rest

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

• Theory of Special Relativity

• Law of Universal Gravitation

• Theory of General Relativity

• Photoelectric Theory 

What theory did Albert Einstein introduce to challenge Newton's ideas?

• The theory of superlativity

• The theory of gravitation

• The theory of relativity

• The theory of specificity

According to special relativity, what happens to time as you approach the speed of light?

• Time speeds up

• Time slows down

• Time remains constant

• Time reverses

How does gravity work according to the theory of general relativity?

• All objects in the universe exert a uniform force on each other

• Massive objects and smaller objects warp space time the same way

• The collisions of small objects in space create gravity

• Massive objects warp space-time around them

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

Whose theory of relativity is tested by Black Holes?

• Stephen Hawking

• Plato

• Galileo

• Albert Einstein

Who developed the theory of relativity and the mass-energy equivalence formula E=mc^2?

• Thomas Edison

• Marie Curie

• Albert Einstein

• Isaac Newton

What does the term "relativistic mass" refer to?

• The mass of an object as measured by an observer moving at the same velocity as the object

• The increase in mass of an object as its speed approaches the speed of light

• The mass of an object as measured in a gravitational field

• The mass of an object in its rest frame