Idea for essay prompt taken from Close Encounters: Exploring the Universe with the Hubble Space Telescope by Elaine Scott, 1998.

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ESSAY -  Extra Credit

Print out this essay worksheet and Write a 200-300 word Essay with at least 5 paragraphs

Prompt: Albert Einstein's famous theory of relativity says that gravity affects the actual shape of space and time. It bends or warps time as well as space. Discuss how space-time is like the flexible surface of a trampoline.