Space and Spacetime Quiz
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According to Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, how does space around gravitational fields differ from Euclidean space?

  • It becomes two-dimensional
  • It deviates from Euclidean space (correct)
  • It becomes linear
  • It becomes non-linear
  • In modern physics, how is physical space usually considered?

  • As part of a boundless four-dimensional continuum known as spacetime (correct)
  • As a separate entity from time
  • As a non-linear continuum
  • As a two-dimensional continuum
  • In non-Euclidean geometries, how is space conceived?

  • As linear
  • As multi-dimensional
  • As curved (correct)
  • As flat
  • What did 19th and 20th-century mathematicians examine in relation to space?

    <p>Geometries that are non-Euclidean</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the concept of space considered to be in relation to the physical universe?

    <p>Of fundamental importance</p> Signup and view all the answers

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