Seeing
Investigations
Vocabulary Definitions
All of it
Eye
100

What do you need in order to see?

LIGHT

100

True or False

An animal probably has low sensitivity light receptors if it is active in the day.

True

100

To stay alive

Survive

100

All the living and nonliving things in an area

Hint: It is a vocabulary word

Environment

100

What is the function of the pupil?

To let light in

200

Where does the light need to enter in order for the animal to see the object?

The pupil

200

Why did we not see anything the first time we looked into the Mystery Box?

Because there was no light.

200

The animal that is hunted and eaten by other animals

Prey

200

What information do you get when you look at a bear?

Size, color, texture, location

200

What is the function of the light receptors?

To respond to light (and help send information)

300

How does light travel?

In a straight line.

300

Sim: When the light was facing the predator, what happened?

The light blinded the predator, or the predator only saw the light. 

300

The animal that hunts and eats other animals

Predator

300

The ability to see

Hint: It is a vocabulary word

Vision

300

What is the function of the brain?

To process and form the image

400

What does light carry?

Information about the object

400

How did the predator react to a toxic prey in the Sim?

Predator closed his mouth.

400

Animals that are nocturnal have ___________ sensitivity light receptors.

High

400

What sends information about light to the brain?

Optic nerve

400

What is the function of the optic nerve

To send information to the brain

500
In the Sim when the pupil size is closed, WHY can the predator not see the prey?

Light cannot enter the eye. 

500

How does a predator know how to react when it sees its prey?

It uses it's memories/it remembers that it has eaten it before or if it was toxic.

500

To cause light to bounce off a material

Reflect
500

True or False

A snake relies on its tongue to feel where it is going.

False

500

Why can the predator not see its prey?

If there is not enough light/if the light is not reflecting off the prey to the predator's eyes.

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