Alice Chapter 1 Lab 1

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Exercises from Appendix A and Chapter 1

1. Complete Exercise 1.1, Island World: page 16
   
   
2. Complete Exercise 1.2, Winter: page 17
   
   
3. Complete 1.3, Snowpeople Pile: page 17
   
   
4. Complete 1.4, Tea Party: oage 17
   
   
5. Complete 1.5, Soldiers on Deck: 17
   
   

Extra for Experts

6. Exercise 1.5, Soldiers on Deck
   
   

Concept Questions (Short Answers)

7. The authors state that programming with Alice is "…like being a movie director, a puppeteer, or a choreographer." Explain what is meant by this statement. (Page # _____ )
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
8. Describe what is meant by the term computer program in one or two sentences. (Page # _____ )
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
9. When a computer program is described as elegant, what criteria are being used to judge the program? (Page # _____ )
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
10. List three ways in which a class (3D model) is similar to a blueprint for a house. (Page # _____ )
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
11. Can you have more than one object of the same class in the same world? Why or why not? (Page # _____ )
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
12. Why is an object in an Alice world said to have six degrees of freedom? (Page # _____ )
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
13. Is the center of an Alice object always located at its center of mass? Justify your answer. (Page # _____ )
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
14. Use a diagram to illustrate the distance between two Alice objects. Describe the distance in a sentence. (Page # _____ )
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
15. Describe the process of creating an animation using frames, as used by film studios. (Page # _____ )
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
16. An Alice billboard is considered 2D rather than 3D. Why? (Page # _____ )