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The Revolutionary Theories of Albert Einstein: Multiple Choice
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- 01For which discovery was Albert Einstein awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics?
- 02In his explanation of the photoelectric effect, Einstein proposed that light is composed of discrete packets of energy called what?
- 03Which of Einstein's theories is famously summarized by the equation E=mc²?
- 04Einstein's theory of general relativity describes gravity as a curvature of what?
- 05The 'twin paradox' is a thought experiment in special relativity. What happens to a twin who travels into space at near-light speed compared to the one who stays on Earth?
- 06In the famous equation E=mc², what does the letter 'c' represent?
- 07Einstein was famously skeptical of quantum mechanics, referring to quantum entanglement with what phrase?
- 08A key prediction of general relativity, confirmed by Arthur Eddington in 1919, was the bending of starlight by what massive object?
- 09The theory of general relativity provides the modern description of which of the four fundamental forces?
- 10What principle, central to general relativity, states that the effects of gravity are indistinguishable from the effects of acceleration?