The Human Eye and the Colourful World

What happens to the eye when you enter a darkened cinema hall from bright sunshine? Give reason for your answer.

Initially, we are unable to see anything well as we go into a darkened cinema hall from broad sunshine. But rapidly, our vision gets better. The iris ensures that the pupil is small because outside the cinema hall, the intensity of light entering the eye is very high. But as soon as we walk into the …

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What change is made in the eye to enable it to focus on objects situated at different distances? Illustrate your answer with the help of diagrams.

The ciliary muscles of the eye either become completely relaxed or stretched in order for an eye to focus on things that are located at various distances. The suspensory ligaments are made loose when the ciliary muscle contracts, allowing the focus on the objects in the nearby objects ,

Fill in the following blanks with suitable words: a) Most of the refraction of light rays entering the eye occurs at the outer surface of the ……. b) The part of eye sensitive to light is ………. c) The part of eye which alters the size of the pupil is …………. d) When light is dim, the pupil becomes …………… e) The iris controls the amount of ……… entering the eye. f) The ciliary muscles control the shape of the ……… g) To bring light from a distant object to a focus on the retina of the eye, the convex eye-lens needs to be made ……. h) To bring light from a near object to a focus on the retina of the eye, the convex eye lens needs to be made ……

a) Corneab) Retinac) Irisd) Large e) Light f) Eye-lens g) Thinner h) Thicker