As You Walk into a Brightly Lit Room, the Black

question 231

Multiple Choice

As you walk into a brightly lit room, the black structure in the center of your eye seems to shrink to a tiny black dot. This response is caused by the action of the eye structure called the:

• A)cornea.
• B)lens.
• C)iris.
• D)retina.

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Definitions:

Flanders

A historical region in Northern Europe that today spans parts of Belgium, France, and the Netherlands, known for its role in the medieval and early modern textile trade and art.

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