Unit 2 Vision and Light Vocabulary

Front

What is the term for changing information from one form to another?

Back

Process

Front

What do we call how strongly something responds to information?

Back

Sensitivity

Front

What is information that supports an answer to a question called?

Back

Evidence

Front

What is a structure that responds to information coming in from the environment?

Back

Receptor

Front

What do we call an animal that hunts and eats other animals?

Back

Predator

Front

What is the term for the ability to see?

Back

Vision

Front

What is the opposite of a predator, an animal that is hunted?

Back

Prey

Front

What is the process by which light enters the eye?

Back

Refraction

Front

What is the name of the part of the eye that detects light?

Back

Retina

Front

What do we call the colored part of the eye that controls the size of the pupil?

Back

Iris