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What is the Electromagnetic
Spectrum?
• How is it organized?
Three truths and 1 lie!
• The human eye can see around 7 million
colors.
• We have better eyesight at 9 months old than
our parents do as adults.
• We have only 10 light receptors to detect light
and color.
• We can see objects in space, with the naked
eye, that are 150 million trillion miles away.
How the Eye Works
• Pupil
• Iris
• Cornea
• Lens
• Retina
• Optic Nerve
The Human Eye

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Light waves and the eye

  • 1. What is the Electromagnetic Spectrum? • How is it organized?
  • 2.
  • 3.
  • 4. Three truths and 1 lie! • The human eye can see around 7 million colors. • We have better eyesight at 9 months old than our parents do as adults. • We have only 10 light receptors to detect light and color. • We can see objects in space, with the naked eye, that are 150 million trillion miles away.
  • 5. How the Eye Works • Pupil • Iris • Cornea • Lens • Retina • Optic Nerve