Light and Sight Analyze how does light energy behave? Explain reflection: Explain refraction: Explain absorption: Compare and contrast the differences between opaque, transparent, and translucent? Evaluate the difference between the colors of the rainbow? Why does red appear red and purple appears purple? Analyze how do lens work? What does a convex lens do? Typer here: What does a concave lens do? What happens when you focus your eye or or the camera? Examine the Eye Diagram : Identify and explain function or parts of the Human Eye Name of Eye Part 1. 2. 3. Word Bank: cornea, pupil, iris, optic nerve, lens, retina, ciliary body and muscle 4. 5. 6. 7. Function/Job Explain how does the eye to help us to see? Arrange the following on how light helps our eyes to see. Put numbers before the sentence on which steps comes first (1) and so on. ____ Light enters the eye through the cornea ____ The upside down picture travels in the optic nerve to the brain which interprets the images and flips it right side up. ____ Rods and cones of the retina create a picture _____Light continues to the pupil which is controlled by the iris _____Light passes through the lens which refracts or bends light causing the picture to be upside down. Analyze Color Blindness : Can you see the number? 1. 2. 3. 4. Watch the short video on color blindness. What number did you see on the left? Research on what causes color blindness. Which will most likely have this condition, males or females? Explain how does Lasik surgery work? Explain how do glasses work? Contrast the difference between near and far sightedness? You are an eye doctor. If you have a patient that comes in with one of the following conditions; what would you diagnose them with and what would you tell your patient? Be sure to identify which part(s) of the eye is not functioning properly (cornea, lens, retina, pupil, optic nerve). Blurry vision No color Seeing cloudy or hazy images Seeing spots or have a restricted circle of vision Double vision