The Enlightenment Was an Intellectual Movement That

question 10

Multiple Choice

The Enlightenment was an intellectual movement that

• A) was inspired by the Scientific Revolution.
• B) reacted against monarchical and clerical absolutism.
• C) benefitted from a new freedom of printing in some countries.
• D) has been characterized as the Age of Reason.
• E) all of the above

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Definitions:

Rhodopsin

A light-sensitive pigment found in the rod cells of the retina, crucial for low-light vision.

Photoreceptor

A light-sensitive cell located on the retina that converts light energy into neural impulses.

Iris

the colored ring around the pupil of the eye, responsible for controlling the size of the pupil and thus the amount of light that enters the eye.

Light Entering Eye

The process by which visual information begins its journey to perception, involving photons passing through the eye's structures to reach and stimulate the retina.