Eye Science
This clear structure covers the front of the eye and helps bend incoming light.
CORNEA
When an object is completely underwater, it is described by this word.
SUBMERGED
The Moken are an Indigenous sea-nomad community living near Thailand and Myanmar.
FACT
This adjective describes peoples whose cultures and historical connections developed in a particular region before later settlement or colonization.
INDIGENOUS
This common piece of swimming equipment keeps a layer of air in front of the eyes and improves underwater clarity.
goggles or a diving mask
This light-sensitive tissue is located at the back of the eye.
RETINA
This verb means to search for food, often over a large area.
FORAGE
Human eyes are optimized for seeing in air.
FACT
The Moken children use their underwater vision while performing this food-searching activity.
FORAGING
Lifeguards and rescue divers could use information about underwater blur to improve this type of professional preparation.
rescue training
Human eyes normally work best in this environment rather than underwater.
AIR
This noun refers to the sharpness or clarity of a sense, especially vision.
ACUITY
Regular underwater experience may help children improve their underwater vision.
INFERENCE
The Moken example demonstrates that traditional experience can provide valuable information about this subject.
HUMAN ADAPTATION
Engineers could adjust lighting, contrast, and focusing systems to optimize this underwater recording device.
underwater camera
Underwater objects appear blurry because the cornea loses much of this ability.
focusing power or ability to bend light effectively
If engineers improve a product so that it performs as effectively as possible, they do this to it.
OPTIMIZE
A company could use this discovery to design better underwater equipment.
SPECULATION
Before using a community’s traditional knowledge to create a commercial product, developers should take this respectful first step.
consulting or collaborating with the community?
A high-contrast underwater target could help swimmers or rescuers perform this task more accurately.
locating submerged objects
Name the two adjustments Moken children reportedly make to improve their underwater vision.
narrowing their pupils and changing the shape of their eye lenses
A diver who locates a tiny object accurately and exactly is working with this quality.
PRECISION
Because some European children improved after training, every adult can learn to see perfectly underwater.
SPECULATION
Name two ways a company could use Moken knowledge more ethically.
Giving attribution, consulting the community, obtaining consent, sharing profits, or creating community benefits
A product designer says, “Our mask will give every adult the same visual acuity as a Moken child.” Identify the problem with this claim.
The claim is unsupported, exaggerated, and requires testing.