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Test your knowledge with this general relativity quiz

by JoAnna Wendel
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The theory of relativity states that the speed of _____ is a constant.

A. Sound

B. Light

C. Planetary orbits

D. Magnetic attraction

B. Light. The theory of general relativity states that in a vacuum, the speed of light is independent to the motion of all observers.

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