Mark and a Jacob Are Driving Home on a College

question 32

Multiple Choice

Mark and a Jacob are driving home on a college break.Mark is in the passenger seat.Bored,Mark gazes into the middle of an empty field.He notices that distant hilltops seem to move slowly in the same direction in which their car is moving; by contrast,mile markers on the side of the highway seem to whiz past them in the opposite direction.The difference in the apparent speed and direction of objects' motion serves as a depth cue termed motion:

• A)disparity.
• B)parallax.
• C)perspective.
• D)gradient.

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