Reading 4.1 – Eyes in the Animal Kingdom

What is the bouncing of light waves off a surface?

• Refraction

• Reflection

• Image

• Translucent

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About how large is the human eye?

• basketball
• ping pong ball
• baseball
• soccer ball

To correct fuzzy vision, many people may wear: 

• hats
• goggles
• glasses
• binoculars

What automatically shuts to help to protect the eye?

• iris
• eyelash
• eyelid
• lens

The human eye works as a _____________ sensor.

• sound

• light

• smell

• retina

When you see an object in a room, the light is bouncing off of that object and going straight into your ___________.

• ear

• eye

• nose

• neck

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The opening in the center is called the __________.

• ear

• pupil

• eye

• cornea

The ______________ looks black, but it is really just like a clear

window that lets light into the eye.

• iris

• pupil

• flower

• ear

The cornea is a protective covering over

the whole eye. It keeps the eye from

getting ______________.

• eaten

• scratched

• different

• smelled

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NGSS.4-PS4-2

The lens in the eye is like the lens in eyeglasses or in a camera. The ________ focuses the light coming into

the eye.

• eye

• lens

• ear

• iris