Ch. 16 General Relativity

4. An object approaching the speed of light will see its momentum increase dramatically due to (two words)
6. Scientists can see the effects of relativistic momentum on subatomic particles by viewing the ________ of their trajectories.
9. Theory of relativity in which gravity cause space to curve and time to slow down.
10. c can be thought of as the universal (two words)
11. Energy of being (two words)
13. If a chemical reaction gives off energy, it underwent a __________ in mass.
15. These reactions have a much greater decrease in rest mass than chemical reactions.
16. Gravitational red shift was confirmed in 1960 at this school when high-frequency gamma rays were sent up and down in a laboratory building.
17. An object pushed to the speed of light would have infinite momentum and, therefore, require an infinite
18. Being unable to know if you are being accelerated or under the influence of gravity is known as the principle of ________.

1. Gravitational waves are ______ that travel outward from a gravitational source at the speed of light.
2. New and old theory must overlap and agree in a region where the results of the old theory have been fully verified (two words).
3. Represented by the letter "p"
5. According to Einstein, tossed balls and light curve because the space-time in which they travel is _________.
7. Einstein's theory of general relativity accounted for the extra _____ seconds of arc per century in Mercury's precession.
8. A constant property of an object, no matter what speed it has (two words)
12. A phenomenon known as gravitational ______ occurs when light from a distant galaxy is bent as it passes a nearby galaxy, causing multiple images of the distant galaxy to appear.
14. According to Einstein's famous equation E=mc^2, mass and energy are