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What empirical evidence supports the General Relativistic view that photons areaffected by gravity? |
Gravitational Lensing |
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Black Holes {objects from which light cannot escape due to gravity} were firstproposed by: |
Peirre Laplace |
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Regarding spacetime, which of the following statements is true? |
An objects mass determines the magnitude of space-time curvature in its vicinity |
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According to General Relativity, the effects of gravity are equivalent to: |
Acceleration |
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How did General Relativity affect the Newtonian description of the elliptical planetaryorbits? |
the ellipse slowly rotates about the sun |
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How do we perceive gravity according to General Relativity? |
motion along a straight line in space-time |
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How is the conservation of energy relevant to explaining light's inability to escapefrom within the event horizon of the black hole? |
The escape velocity required for light to escape the black hole's gravitation is equal toor greater than the speed of light. |
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What is the Horizon Scale? |
The radius at which light cannot escape a black hole |
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Which of the following is implied by E=MC^2 |
Energy and mass are equivalant |
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The resolution to the twin paradox is |
One of the twins accelerates, to leave Earth and come back |
