Relativity

Relativity

12th Grade

25 Qs

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Relativity

Relativity

Assessment

Quiz

Science

12th Grade

Hard

NGSS
HS-PS2-4, HS-ESS1-4

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

25 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

NGSS.HS-PS2-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

During what rare event was General Relativity confirmed?

Halley's Comet

Total Lunar Eclipse

Summer Solstice

Total Solar Eclipse

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

move

collapse

expand

rest

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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 

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

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