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Science: Chapter 4-7 (19-7)
How do you see?
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Science
6th Grade
03/25/2008

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What is the sense organ that

detects light?

Definition
the eye
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Name the 5 human senses.
Definition
  1. sight
  2. touch
  3. taste
  4. hearing
  5. smell
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What is the cornea?
Definition

the clear covering that

protects the eye

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What is the pupil?
Definition

the opening that lets light into the eye

 

(covered by the cornea)

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What is the iris?
Definition

a muscle that controls the amount of light going into the eye

(the colored part)

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What is the lens?
Definition
the clear part behind the pupil that changes shape to focus an image on the retina
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What is the retina?
Definition

changes the visual image to

electrical impulses and sends it along the optic nerve to the brain

Term
Define: image
Definition

a picture formed by the eye

 

  1. the image on the retina is upside-down
  2. the brain turns it right-side up
Term
Label the parts of the eye.
Definition
see page 96 in your textbook
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