As She Studies Her Physics Textbook, Marilyn Wants to Make

question 32

Multiple Choice

As she studies her physics textbook, Marilyn wants to make sure that she remembers that sound intensity is measured in units called decibels and that each decibel is one-tenth of a bel, which is a unit named after Alexander Graham Bell. Marilyn creates a visual image of ten little elf-like Bell figures trying to turn up the volume of a huge stereo. Her strategy is called:

• A) confabulation.
• B) priming.
• C) maintenance rehearsal.
• D) a mnemonic.

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Definitions:

35mm Gauge

A standard film gauge most commonly used for both analog photography and motion pictures, measuring 35 millimeters in width.

Sound on Film

A process where audio is recorded onto the same strip of film as the images, synchronizing sound and picture.

Color Film

A type of film that includes chemical elements for producing images in color, as opposed to solely in shades of gray (black and white films).

Black Maria

The first movie studio: a crude, hot, cramped shack in New Jersey where Thomas Edison and his staff began making movies. So named because it resembled a late nineteenth century police paddy wagon, for which the slang term “Black Maria” was first used.