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What happens to your pupil when you go from a dark room into bright light?
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∙ 9y ago
They become bigger and widder
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 9y agoit gets smaller.
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Why do the pupil contracts and expands?
In dim light, your pupil expands. In bright light, your pupil contracts. Your pupil contracts in bright light because not as much light is needed to see. Same thing with dim light, your pupil expands in dim light because there is more light needed to see. Because there is not as much light in a closet than in an open field your pupil contracts and expands to let in more light or let in less light, depending on were you are at and how dark it is.
Can you shrink your pupil?
your pupils are smallest when there is bright light shining in your eyes they are largest when it is dark, to allow most light possible in
What happens to your pupil when you enter a bright room after being in a dark room?
Your pupil expands in the dark in order to obtain more light. Your eyesight is interpreted by the brain with light signals, when it is dark your pupil expands to grab as much light as possible.
Do you have to think about it when you want the size of your pupil to change?
No; the change in the size of your pupil is an involuntary action, meaning that it happens without you thinking about it. The size of your pupils adjust to stimuli, such as bright light. If a bright light was shined in your eyes, your pupils would get smaller in order to let as little light in as possible. Reversely, if you're in a dark room, your pupils will get bigger to let in as much light as possible.
When you step out of a bright light into the dark what is the process called that happens to your eyes?
Dark-adaptation.
What happened to it when the light was flashed into eye?
When the eye detects bright light, the iris expands causing the hole at its centre (the pupil) to shrink in size. The brighter the light the smaller the pupil becomes. This happens because, in a dark place, the eye needs to take in as much light as possible to see better so the pupil expands; in a light place, the eye could be damaged due to over exposure to light so the pupil shrinks. The scientific word for "shrinks" is "contracts"
What changes in diameter in response to light in the eye?
Your pupil will dilate in low light and constrict in bright light.Answer 2Note that the pupil is just the opening in the iris. Strictly speaking, the iris contracts and so the pupil gets smaller.
What does the iris of the human eye do when the light is bright?
The Iris controls the size of the pupil to control the brightness of the light that's allowed to enter the eye. This is a protective measure when the light is too bright and it also opens the iris in low light situations to allow the eye to see more. Well, the iris changes the size of the pupil so when you are in bright light your pupil will get smaller because the eye will absorb all light striking it. However, when you are in a dark room or place your pupil will get bigger/wider because it has no light to absorb it so your eye wants light. For example think of the pupil trying to look for light so it has to get wider!
Why is the pupil a hole not a solid dot?
Because The purpose of the pupil is to allow light in, depending on whether it is bright, or dark. If it were a solid dot, it would most likely not be able to contract, and so on.
How do you pupils change in bright light?
The pupil is a little hole in the centre of your eye and when bright light hits the eye the little ring round the eye that can be different colours on different peoples eyes closes over to let les light in. that's why your pupil goes smaller in bright light and when its dark the ring ( iris ) opens wide to try and let more light in.
When a person enters a dark room from bright light he can not see anything clearly for sometime and starts seeing slowly because?
Your pupil's have to adjust from the light to the dark so your pupils will get bigger in a dark room.
Why does your pupil go smaller when I wall into the sun?
Your pupil gets smaller and larger depending on the amount of light present. in a dark room, your pupil will get big to collect as much light as possible, so that you can see. When you look at the sun or a bright object (which you shouldn't) your pupils get smaller because they have too much light.
