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| awareness or understanding of stimuli (light, sound) within our environment |
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| The Scientific Method steps |
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1. Observation or question
2. Hypothesis
3. New prediction or model
4. Observation or experiment
5. Analysis
If Hypothesis accepted(less than 5% error) if rejected (greater than 5% error). If hypothesis rejected, becomes a theory. If accepted, hypothesis about original question. |
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| all things in our environment we can potentially perceive |
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| things in our environment we pay attention to |
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| transformation of one energy into another form of energy |
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| electrical signals generated by cells within retina processed through networks of neurons with brain |
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| ability to place an object in a category, giving object meaning |
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| doesn't have beginning or ending. includes motor activities like moving head or eyes. constantly changes. |
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| any information that perceiver brings to perceptual process |
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| Mass, Time, Length or Distance |
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| distance between two points |
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| how much material is in an object |
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| tell us how we measure things |
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| length, time, mass, and charge |
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| Velocity, Displacement, and Acceleration |
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| object in motion stays in motion |
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| acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net force acting on an object and inversely proportional to the mass of an object |
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| equal to mass times the acceleration |
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| force comes in pairs which have equal magnitude (strength) but are opposite in direction |
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| amount of energy and equal to force multiplied by displacement |
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| force acting upon a unit of area |
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| kinetic energy of air molecules |
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| if we force an oscillator at its natural frequency, amplitude becomes larger |
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| damping, oscillation changes and dries out by applying periodic force, can overcome damping |
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| back and forth wave from medium |
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| local region of higher pressure in a fluid |
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| local region of lower pressure in a fluid |
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| transfer energy from one location to another through waves |
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| oscillator (creates waves) moves atoms in air particles |
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