Senses (the eye)

Question 1

What are the 5 senses?

Answer 1

-sight
-hearing
-taste
-touch
-smell

Question 2

What is cornea?

Answer 2

The transparent window of the eye. It is strong, convex structure which bends light as it enters the eye.

Question 3

What is the pupil?

Answer 3

A hole that lets light pass through onto the lens.

Question 4

What is iris in the eye?

Answer 4

It is made of coloured muscles which can control how much light enters the eye.

Question 5

What is the lens?

Answer 5

It’s tough and clear, and focuses light rays entering through the pupil onto the fovea on the retina.

Question 6

What is the retina?

Answer 6

It detects light and sends electrical impulses to the brain through the optic nerve.

Question 7

What is the optic nerve?

Answer 7

It carries electrical impulses from the retina to the processing centre of the brain where they are interpreted into the images we see.

Question 8

Can you draw an eye diagram?

Answer 8

https://rmit.pressbooks.pub/colourtheory1/chapter/biology-of-the-human-eye/

Question 9

Why do we have two eyes?

Answer 9

Having two eyes allow for accurate judgement of distance. It also allows a person to see a 3D view of the object they’re facing.