How We See
This part is found at the back of the eye and receives the light that the lens has focused.
What is the retina?
The middle ear has this number of bones.
What is 3?
This is what pitch is.
What is 'how high or low a note is'?
What is 'shiny objects'?
This is the number of planets in our solar system.
What is 8?
The human eyeball is roughly the size of this object.
What is a ping pong ball?
This is the main part found in the inner ear.
What is the cochlea?
Pitch is measured in ____________ and volume is measured in ___________________.
What is Hertz and Decibels?
How are we able to see non-luminous objects?
They reflect light received from luminous sources.
What is 'the tilt of the Earth's axis as it orbits the Sun'?
DAILY DOUBLE! This muscle helps to change the shape of the lens in your eye, so that you can either focus on something near you, or look at something far away.
What is the ciliary muscle?
This is the function of earwax.
It protects the ear canal by fighting off infection.
If an object vibrates slowly, it will create this type of pitch.
What is a lower pitch?
The law of reflection states that this angle must be equal to the angle of reflection.
What is the angle of incidence?
Due to Earth's rotation on its axis, when people in Papua, New Guinea, are experiencing day, people in these country would be experiencing night.
Answers will vary.
The retina uses special cells to process light. One of these types of cells helps us to see black, white and grey, as well as the shape of an object, while the other type allows us to see colour. You have millions of them in each eye. These are called the....
What are the rods and cones?
Inside the cochlea, you can find these small hairs. Vibrations cause these little hairs to move, creating nerve signals which are sent to the brain.
What are cilia?
This is why children have higher voices than adults.
They have thinner and shorter vocal cords.
When a straw is placed in a cup of water, it appears bent, due to refraction. Why does this happen?
When light waves enter the water, they slow down, causing them to change direction.
DAILY DOUBLE!!! Say the 8 moon phases in 10 seconds or less. (Choose one student at your table to try this.)
This is the name for the white part of the eye that you can see surrounding the iris.
What is the sclera?
This is the other word for the outer ear. It starts with a 'p'.
What is the 'pinna'?
This is what happens if an object does not reflect sound. Instead, it ______________ the sound. Soft items placed in a room can help with this.
What is 'absorbs'?
These particles make up light. (Hint: They are either protons, neutrons, electrons, photons, protons, microns, atoms, molecules, quarks or baby sharks.)
What are photons?
A meteoroid is a piece from an asteroid that breaks off and continues a path throughout space. It becomes a meteor when it enters the Earth's atmosphere. This is a 'meteorite'.
What is a 'meteor that actually hits the Earth's surface?'