What are Nurb and Chloe doing with the eyes?
Playing ping pong
How did Nurb describe the eye?
As a machine with lots of parts working together
What is the part of the eye that is colored called?
the iris
What is the part of the eye that lets light in called? The black part in the middle
The pupil
Discuss how the pupil can change.
The pupil will get bigger when it is darker, and smaller when it is lighter. For example, if a flashlight is shining in your pupil, your pupil will get smaller.
What is the importance of blinking?
It protects and moistens the eye.
What does the lens do ?
It focuses the light so the eye can see. It focuses on stuff that is far and close.
What does Chloe compare the lens to?
A camera lens
What is the ciliary muscle?
It helps the lens change shape so that the eye can focus on different things at different distances.
Do rods or cones see in black and white, while also seeing shape and form and seeing in the dark?
Rods
Do rods or cones see in color and needs more light to operate?
Cones
What is Chloe bouncing on?
The optic nerve
What does the optic nerve do?
Sends messages that it receives from the eye to the brain
