Vision & Light Chapter 4 Vocabulary

how strongly something responds to information

• sensitivity

• vision

• pupil

• sense

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active during the day

• nocturnal

• react

• diurnal

• sense

responding to small amounts of information

• sensitive

• nocturnal

• pupil

• structure

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active at night

• predator

• nocturnal

• prey

• diurnal

a structure that responds to information coming in from the environment

• respond

• sense

• receptor

• structure

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the hole that lets light into the eye

• optic nerve

• brain

• pupil

• light receptor

nocturnal animals have _________ sensitivity light receptors

• mid

• low

• medium

• high

diurnal animals have ___________ sensitivity light receptors

• mid

• low

• high

• medium

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Animals with very high-sensitivity receptors can see well at night when there is _______ light.

• mid

• low

• medium

• high

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Animals with low-sensitivity receptors can see well during the day when there is _______ light.

• no

• low

• medium

• bright

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