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Can you answer these trivia questions about the human eye?

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How much does one human eyeball weigh? A. 5 ounces B. 1 pound C. 1 ounce

One human eyeball weighs about 28 grams or 1 ounce

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How many shades of a color can the typical human eye distinguish? A. 30 B. 6 C. 500 D. 75

The human eye can distinguish about 500 shades of a color.

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Which is faster for most people, reading on a computer screen or reading on paper?

People generally read about 25% slower on a computer screen than paper.

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Who is more likely to be colorblind, males or females?

Males are more likely to be colorblind (1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women).

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How much of your eyeball is exposed to the outside world? A. 1/2 B. 1/4 C. 3/5 D. 1/6

About 1/6 of your eyeball (17%) is exposed to the outside world.

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How many times does the average person blink in one minute?

The average person blinks about 12 times each minute. That's more than 10,000 times a day!

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About how many working parts do your eyes have? A. 2 million B. 500,000 C. 600 D. 55

Your eyes are made up of about 2 million working parts.

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What is the term for when someone has two different color eyes?

Heterochromia (Hetero = different; chromia = color)

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True or false.....it is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

True

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What is the most common eye color worldwide?

Brown

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At what age does the human eyeball reach it's full size?

At about age 12 your eyeball reaches its full size.

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Who sees better, hawks or humans

Hawks (and eagles) see better than humans

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At what age can a baby see most things clearly?

At about two months a baby can see clearly if they have normal eyesight. Before that things are fuzzy and blurry.

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What is the black part of your eye called?

The pupil

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What is the colored part of your eye called?

The iris

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What do near-sighted and far-sighted mean?

People who are near-sighted can’t see things far away. People who are far-sighted can’t see things close up. This happens because the eyeball is too long or is

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