The Energy Sences Flashcards

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1
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Define Vision?

A

The process from light reflecting off something from the brain and it turn into image

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2
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We perceive electromagnetic energy as?

A

Eyes turn this electronic energy perceives as color

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3
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What is the hue? (Wave length)

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The distance from one wave peak to the next.

The color we experience

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4
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The wav’s height determines (brightness) or?

A

Intensity

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5
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What is the part of the electromagnet Spectrum that the eye can see?

A

Visible spectrum

Rainbow

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6
Q

Focuses light rays?

A

Lens

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7
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Opening through which light passes

A

Pupil

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8
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Iris

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Ring of muscle that controls the size of pupil

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9
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Cornea

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Clear membrane covering front of the eye, bends light rays inward

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10
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Light-sensitive layer of cells in the back of your eye

A

Retina

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11
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Photoreceptors

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Light-sensitive cells from eye

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12
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Optic Nerve

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Carries electrical implies from retina to the brain to interpreted

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13
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Visual receptors for color and bright light (daylight)

A

Cones

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14
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Visual receptors for dim light, only black and white

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Rods

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15
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Fovea

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Retina only have cones. Image clear

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16
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Area of the retina lacking visual receptors

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Blind spot

17
Q

Sharpness of visual perception

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Visual acuity

18
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Vision at the edges of visual field, side vision

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Peripheral vision

19
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Tunnel vision

A

Not having peripheral vision

20
Q

In the trichromatic theory that we have three ?

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Cones: red green and blue