Satellites: You Are the Science Officer on a Visit to a Distant

question 29

Multiple Choice

Satellites: You are the science officer on a visit to a distant solar system. Prior to landing on a planet you measure its diameter to be 1.8 × 10⁷ m and its rotation period to be 22.3 hours. You have previously determined that the planet orbits 1.8 × 10¹¹ m from its star with a period of 402 earth days. Once on the surface you find that the acceleration due to gravity is 59.7 m/s². What are the mass of (a) the planet and (b) the star? (G = 6.67 × 10^-11 N ∙ m²/kg².)

• A) (a) 7.2 kg × kg, (b) 2.9 kg × kg
• B) (a) 1.3 kg × kg, (b) 2.9 kg × kg
• C) (a) 7.2 kg × kg, (b) 1.7 kg × kg
• D) (a) 1.3 kg × kg, (b) 1.7 kg × kg

Identify the legal protections provided to corporate directors and officers, such as the business judgment rule.

Grasp the processes and authorities involved in selecting and removing corporate officers.

Understand how corporate policies are formulated and the board’s role in such decisions.

Comprehend the legal consequences of directorial and officer breaches of duty, including derivative suits.

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Definitions:

Endosperm

Nutritive tissue in the seeds of flowering plants.

Nutrition

The process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth, including the study of nutrients and how the body utilizes them.

Photosynthesis

The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize nutrients from carbon dioxide and water, producing oxygen as a byproduct.

Cotyledons

The first leaves that appear from a germinating seed, providing energy to the young plant before true leaves develop.