Relativity trivia

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• What is the phenomenon in which a clock moving fast relative to you appears to run slower?Relativity
• In which well-known positioning system does relativistic time correction actually matter?Relativity
• Which best describes gravity as general relativity explains it?Relativity
• Which principle of general relativity says that locally the effects of gravity and of acceleration are hard to tell apart?Relativity
• What is the thought experiment in which one twin travels through space at near light speed and comes back having aged less?Relativity
• Which British astronomer supported general relativity by testing the bending of light during the total solar eclipse of 1919?Relativity
• What is the phenomenon in which a fast-moving object is measured to be shorter along its direction of motion?Relativity
• The path of light passing near a strong gravitational field can bend.Relativity
• By general relativity, a clock where gravity is stronger runs more slowly.Relativity
• What is Einstein's famous equation for the relation between mass and energy?Relativity
• Which symbol stands for the speed of light in a vacuum?Relativity
• E=mc² is an equation for the relation between an object's volume and its temperature.Relativity
• Special relativity holds that the speed of light in a vacuum changes with the observer's motion.Relativity
• A clock moving very fast relative to a stationary observer appears to that observer to run faster.Relativity
• General relativity explains gravity in terms of the curvature of spacetime.Relativity
• Accurate timekeeping on GPS satellites requires a relativistic correction.Relativity
• Special relativity holds that two events simultaneous for one observer are always simultaneous for every other observer.Relativity
• An object moving fast relative to an observer is measured to be longer along the direction of motion.Relativity
• The equivalence principle is the idea that, locally, the effects of gravity are hard to tell apart from the effects of acceleration.Relativity
• Does matter faster than light exist? (by special relativity)Relativity