Wonky stuff
What color shift does general relativity cause?
Red
What is something we use everyday that would be ruined by relativity?
GPS
Who came up with this theory?
Albert Einstein
Which letter in this equation is the speed of light?
E=mc2
C
Can light bend?
Yes
How would you experience time if you moved at the speed of light.
Little to no time would pass for you
What type of energy is the theory of relativity important?
Nuclear
This theory disproved whose theories about physics?
Isaac Newton's
Can anything with mass reach the speed of light?
NO
Are space and time fixed?
No, they can warp in ways I can't hope to understand
Whats a reference frame?
If something is moving in comparison to another thing
What age did Einstein come up with the theory of relativity?
His early 20's
Whats the DOE
Department of Energy!
Why is light trapped by black holes?
The warping of the 4th dimension caused by the extreme mass of black holes
How long, after the Industrial revolution, did Einstein "finish" the theory of relativity
155 years after
How is size effected by relativity
size expands and shrinks
What year was the most recent gravitational wave. Double points if you know the exact date!
September 14th 2015
When was Albert Einstein born?
1879
How fast do muons travel?
Near the speed of life
What made Einstein think about relativity?
We think it was caused by him noticing that mercury's orbit was off if you are following Newtons ideas of physics.
How does gravity effect spacetime
It warps and stretches it due to the mass and gravitational pulls of celestial bodies.
What is the 4th dimension?
Spacetime
Who applied the theory of relativity to the big bang theory and the science of black holes?
German Mathematician, Emmy Noether
What is the speed of light (roughly) in meters per second
300,000 meters per second (299,792 meters, to be exact)
Whats a Muon?
A cosmic subatomic particle