A Puck Moves on a Horizontal Air Table

question 21

Essay

A puck moves on a horizontal air table. It is attached to a string that gradually winds itself up around a round peg in the center of the table. This shortens the string, so the puck gradually spirals in towards the center. What happens to the magnitude of the puck's angular momentum?

Differentiate between receptor potentials and action potentials, and understand their significance in sensory transduction.

Analyze the response of rod cells to light and understand the relationship between stimulus intensity and membrane potential.

Understand the concept of receptor potential magnitude and its dependence on the stimulus.

Explain how sensory transduction mechanisms differ across sensory systems and stimuli types.

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Definitions:

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