Eye and Color

Rods are light sensitive cells in the retina that

• give you color vision in dim light

• respond in dim light

• give you color vision in bright light

• respond in bright light

What is the correct order of the colors of the rainbow?

• Red, Yellow, Orange, Blue, Indigo, Violet
• Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
• Yellow, Orange, Red, Green, Blue, Violet, Indigo

Cones are light sensitive cells in the retina that

• give you color vision in bright light

• respond in dim light

• give you color vision in dim light

• respond in bright light

Regulates the amount of light entering the eye and gives the eye its color.

• Iris
• Lens
• Pupil
• Retina

What is the function of the lens?

• clear structure that bends light to focus on the retina
• thin structure that controls the pupil
• clear, watery fluid
• where the optic nerve attaches

The lens of your eye is convex.  Because of this, what happens to light as it passes through the lens? 

• Light is absorbed. 
• Light is reflected. 
• Light is refracted.
• Light is transmitted. 

What is letter E?

• Vitreous humor
• Retina
• Cornea
• Optic nerve

The part of the retina where the optic nerve is attatched?

• Rods

• Cones

• Blind Spot

• Retina

Light enters the eye through a thin membrane called the

• Iris

• Pupil

• Retina

• Cornea

The innermost layer of the eye, containing the photoreceptors (rod and cone cells)

• sclera

• cornea

• optic nerve

• retina