If You Carve Your Initials in the Trunk of a Tree

question 14

Multiple Choice

If you carve your initials in the trunk of a tree, will they move up as the tree grows?

• A) Yes. A tree elongates from the ground up.
• B) Yes. Secondary growth will cause them to move up.
• C) No. Elongation occurs just below the tips of growing stems in the apical meristems.
• D) No. Secondary growth continues in all parts of a plant throughout its life.

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Definitions:

Perceptual Constancy

The psychological feature that allows the perception of an object to remain relatively unchanged despite variations in the viewing conditions like distance or lighting.

Accommodation

In cognitive psychology, the process by which an individual revises existing cognitive schemas, perceptions, and understanding so that new information can be incorporated.

Linear Perspective

A technique in art and photography that creates the illusion of depth and distance on a flat surface, using converging parallel lines.

Jnd

The smallest difference in stimulus intensity that a specific sense (like vision or hearing) can detect, also known as the just-noticeable difference.