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• Test Name: Space-time MCQ Quiz Practice
• Type: Quiz Test
• Total Questions: 40
• Total Marks: 40
• Time: 40 minutes

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What is gravitational time dilation?

Time remains the same regardless of gravitational fields

Time runs faster in stronger gravitational fields

Time runs slower in stronger gravitational fields

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What is the speed of light in a vacuum?

Approximately 500,000 km/s

Approximately 100,000 km/s

Approximately 299,792 km/s

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What does the term "spaghettification" refer to in astrophysics?

The expansion of the universe

The stretching of objects into long thin shapes in a strong gravitational field

The collapse of a star into a black hole

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What is the cosmological constant?

The rate of expansion of the universe

The speed of light

A term introduced by Einstein to allow for a static universe

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What is space-time?

Time measured by space intervals

A three-dimensional space without time

A four-dimensional continuum combining space and time

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What is the main difference between general relativity and special relativity?

General relativity is limited to high speeds, special relativity is not

General relativity includes gravity, special relativity does not

Special relativity includes gravity, general relativity does not

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What is the effect of gravity on light according to general relativity?

Light speeds up in the presence of gravity

Light is absorbed by gravity

Light bends in the presence of gravity

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What is time-like interval in relativity?

An interval where events are spatially separated

An interval where events are causally connected

An interval where events are simultaneous

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What is the fabric of space-time often compared to?

A rubber sheet

A water surface

A metal plate

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What is time dilation?

The constant flow of time

The speeding up of time

The slowing down of time in a strong gravitational field or at high speeds

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What is the term for an object moving faster than the speed of light?

Tachyon

Neutrino

It is theoretically impossible

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What does E=mc^2 represent?

The force of gravity

The equivalence of mass and energy

The speed of light

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Who proposed the concept of space-time?

Galileo Galilei

Isaac Newton

Albert Einstein

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What is special relativity?

The study of special particles in physics

The theory dealing with the gravitational force

The theory dealing with the laws of physics in the absence of gravity

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Who formulated the special theory of relativity?

Niels Bohr

Max Planck

Albert Einstein

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What happens to time as an object approaches a black hole?

It remains constant

It speeds up

It slows down

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What is the twin paradox?

A theory about quantum entanglement

A thought experiment in special relativity involving identical twins, one of whom travels at high speed

A situation where twins experience different gravitational forces

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What is the significance of the Schwarzschild radius?

It is the radius of the Earth

It is the radius at which the escape velocity equals the speed of light

It is the radius of the Sun

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What is a wormhole?

A type of black hole

A small star

A hypothetical tunnel connecting distant points in space-time

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What is the fourth dimension in space-time?

Time

Width

Height

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What is a singularity?

A large galaxy cluster

A type of neutron star

A point where density becomes infinite and space-time curvature becomes infinite

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What is the purpose of the Michelson-Morley experiment?

To demonstrate the absence of the aether and support the theory of relativity

To measure the speed of light

To detect gravitational waves

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What is a light-year?

The time taken for light to travel a certain distance

The distance light travels in one year

The speed of light per year

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Who formulated the theory of general relativity?

Albert Einstein

Stephen Hawking

Isaac Newton

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What is the shape of space-time around a massive object?

Flat

Curved

Zigzag

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What is the equivalence principle?

The idea that all forces are equal

The theory that all particles have an equivalent wave function

The principle stating that gravitational and inertial forces are indistinguishable in a small region of space-time

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What is an event horizon?

The edge of the universe

The boundary around a black hole beyond which nothing can escape

The surface of a star

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What phenomenon occurs when an object approaches the speed of light?

It gains infinite mass

It becomes invisible

Its length contracts and time slows down

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What is a Lorentz transformation?

The mathematical equations relating the space and time coordinates of two systems moving at constant velocity relative to each other

The process of converting mass to energy

The theory of gravitational waves

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What is the concept of spacetime curvature?

The straight path of an object in motion

The bending of space and time around a mass

The distance between two points in space

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What is a black hole?

A dense cloud of gas and dust

A large star

A region of space where the gravitational pull is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape

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What is a geodesic in space-time?

A line connecting two galaxies

A type of spacecraft trajectory

The shortest path between two points in curved space-time

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What is the main idea of the block universe theory?

Time flows in one direction only

The universe is static and unchanging

Past, present, and future all exist simultaneously

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What is the main observational evidence for the expansion of the universe?

The cosmic microwave background radiation

The abundance of hydrogen in the universe

The redshift of distant galaxies

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What are tidal forces?

Variations in gravitational pull experienced over an object

The effect of ocean tides on space-time

The influence of solar radiation on space-time

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What is a gravitational wave?

A type of sound wave

A fluctuation in the magnetic field

A ripple in space-time caused by accelerating masses

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What does the term "spacetime continuum" refer to?

Time independent of space

The combination of the three dimensions of space with the one dimension of time

Space independent of time

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What is a frame of reference?

A type of telescope

A coordinate system used to measure positions and movements

A fixed point in space

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What is the term for the effect of massive objects bending light?

Refraction

Gravitational lensing

Reflection

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What does the theory of general relativity describe?

The curvature of space-time by mass and energy

The behavior of light

The chemical composition of stars

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