A Geodesic Is the Name For

question 65

Multiple Choice

A geodesic is the name for:

• A) the aberration of starlight
• B) the gravitational field of the Earth
• C) the solid crust of a terrestrial planet
• D) the path followed by a freely-falling object in spacetime
• E) the shape of a body that has mass

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Definitions:

Ovules

The structure within the ovary of seed plants that develops into a seed after fertilization.

Contained

Something that is held or enclosed within a boundary or container, preventing it from spreading or escaping.

Ovary

In flowering plants, the enlarged, ovule-bearing portion of the carpel that develops into a fruit; female gonad in animals that produces an egg and female sex hormones.

Anther

Male structure of a flowering plant where pollen is produced; attached to the flower by the filament.