Suppose a Pilot Balloon Rises at a Rate of 100

question 82

Multiple Choice

Suppose a pilot balloon rises at a rate of 100 metres per minute and disappears into a deck of stratus clouds 1500 metres thick in 5 minutes. Which of the following gives the ceiling of the cloud layer?

• A)1500 m
• B)100 m
• C)500 m
• D)300 m

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Definitions:

David Marr's Model

A theory in cognitive science that describes vision as proceeding from a 2D view of the world to a 3D one through a series of processing stages.

Bottom-Up Knowledge

Knowledge processing that starts with the senses and the actual perception of stimuli, moving towards higher-level cognitive functions.

Primal Sketch

A concept in visual perception that refers to the initial representation of visual information in the brain, outlining shapes and locations of objects.

Perception

The cognitive process of interpreting and organizing sensory information from the environment to understand and interact with the world.