If You Were to Look at a Very Faint Light

question 55

Multiple Choice

If you were to look at a very faint light source, it would be best to use the so that the light falls on the _.

• A) peripheral retina; rods
• B) fovea; cones
• C) fovea; rods
• D) peripheral retina; cones
• E) blind spot; optic nerve

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Definitions:

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