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The curved surface of the cornea turns light waves inward toward the lens (a sturdy tissue inside the outer eye) which focuses light on the retina at the back of the inner eye.

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What do eyeglasses do to light before it enters the eye?

Eyeglasses refract or bend light rays to focus them onto the retina at the back of the eye. This helps to correct vision problems such as nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism by ensuring that light entering the eye is properly focused.


What part of the eye bends the light as it enters?

The crystalline lens is the part of the eye that bends/refracts the light rays as it passes through it.


What transparent layer in the eye helps to bend light?

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Does the cornea refract light?

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Which way does light will bend as it enters water from air?

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Which light ray's path through the drop will bend the most and which will bend the least and why?

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Focuses the light that enters the eye?

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When light enters the eye it first passes through what structure?

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What will cause the laser light to bend as it enters a ice cube?

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What part of the eye functions to bend light rays?

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