Process of Science: Describe a piece of observational evidence supporting general relativity

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Study of Mercury's precession reveals that it precesses more slowly than Newtonian gravity would predict. It takes a general relativity-based approach, accounting for the curvature of spacetime, to correctly predict the precession rate. General Relativistic corrections to time have also been tested by synchronizing clocks that then are flown on airplanes and satellites.

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A) heat of accretion B) heat from differentiation C) heat from convection D) heat from radioactive decay

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Growth is both good and inevitable

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The __________ occurs when electrons are emitted when light strikes the surface of a metal

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Tsunami are correctly referred to as

A) seismic sea waves. B) tidal waves. C) energy waves. D) mega waves.

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