When you look out the window of a car that is traveling 60 mph, objects at different locations appear to move at different speeds. This apparent motion is known as __________.
A) the kinetic depth effect
B) motion parallax
C) movement illusion
D) linear perspective

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This phenomenon is known as motion parallax, where closer objects appear to move faster in the opposite direction of the car's motion, while farther objects appear to move slower in the same direction as the car's motion. The other options are not applicable to this phenomenon.

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