A TV Screen Looked at from a Distance Appears as a Smooth

question 52

Multiple Choice

A TV screen looked at from a distance appears as a smooth continuous flow of images.Up close,however,we see this is an illusion.What really exists are a series of tiny dots (pixels) .This is similar to a chemist's view of matter in that

• A)the fundamental particles of matter can also be seen when looked at closely with a magnifying glass.
• B)on the submicroscopic level,chemist's find that matter is made of extremely small particles,such as atoms and molecules.
• C)anything that a chemist can see,touch,hear,smell,or taste is an illusion.
• D)elements are made up of only three basic types of matter.

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