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- 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 ________.
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- 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