Unit 8 Module 5 Psych 230 Test
Questions and All Correct Answers
2025-2026 Updated.
Light - Answer a form of electromagnetic energy
Wavelength - Answer distance between peaks
Intensity - Answer height of the wave
-how much energy
Frequency - Answer number of waves per unit of time
Scattered/diffracted light - Answer "bouncing around the environment"
Absorbed light - Answer object absorbs energy
-Any object that is black is an object that absorbs all the light energy that it receives
reflected light - Answer when light reaches a surface it can be reflected
-whats not absorbed is reflected
-what's reflected gives you a sensation on what color the object is
transmitted light - Answer Neither reflected nor absorbed by surfaces—light passes through
like a
window
refracted light - Answer light bend and moves in a different direction
Eye - Answer finely tuned instrument
-light is focused on the retina by cornea & lens
-retinal rods and cones transduce light into electrochemical signal
, -See up to 60 degrees above the horizontal line of sight
-We can see up to 80 degrees below
-Can see 100 degrees in each direction (left & right eye)
Animals field of view - Answer Prey: tend to have eyeballs that are to the side of the skull
-wider field of view
Predators: tend to have eyes that are lined up to the same side of the skull
-Gives them accurate depth perception
Sclera - Answer protective membrane
-Protects our eyes
-gives the white color to our eyes
Cornea - Answer focuses light towards the retina
-clear surface
anterior chamber - Answer Behind the cornea
Filled with fluids
Iris - Answer Colored part of the eye
-muscle
melanin - Answer A lot means brown eyes
A little means blue or green eyes
Heterochromia - Answer a condition in which a person has irises of two different colors
Pupil - Answer the opening in the iris that regulates the amount of light entering the eye
Lens - Answer Allows for the process of accommodation
-can change its shape
Questions and All Correct Answers
2025-2026 Updated.
Light - Answer a form of electromagnetic energy
Wavelength - Answer distance between peaks
Intensity - Answer height of the wave
-how much energy
Frequency - Answer number of waves per unit of time
Scattered/diffracted light - Answer "bouncing around the environment"
Absorbed light - Answer object absorbs energy
-Any object that is black is an object that absorbs all the light energy that it receives
reflected light - Answer when light reaches a surface it can be reflected
-whats not absorbed is reflected
-what's reflected gives you a sensation on what color the object is
transmitted light - Answer Neither reflected nor absorbed by surfaces—light passes through
like a
window
refracted light - Answer light bend and moves in a different direction
Eye - Answer finely tuned instrument
-light is focused on the retina by cornea & lens
-retinal rods and cones transduce light into electrochemical signal
, -See up to 60 degrees above the horizontal line of sight
-We can see up to 80 degrees below
-Can see 100 degrees in each direction (left & right eye)
Animals field of view - Answer Prey: tend to have eyeballs that are to the side of the skull
-wider field of view
Predators: tend to have eyes that are lined up to the same side of the skull
-Gives them accurate depth perception
Sclera - Answer protective membrane
-Protects our eyes
-gives the white color to our eyes
Cornea - Answer focuses light towards the retina
-clear surface
anterior chamber - Answer Behind the cornea
Filled with fluids
Iris - Answer Colored part of the eye
-muscle
melanin - Answer A lot means brown eyes
A little means blue or green eyes
Heterochromia - Answer a condition in which a person has irises of two different colors
Pupil - Answer the opening in the iris that regulates the amount of light entering the eye
Lens - Answer Allows for the process of accommodation
-can change its shape
