An eye doctor shines a bright light into a patient's eye. In one to two sentences, explain how the patient's brain perceives the bright light.(2 points)

Question

write the answer as a 7th/8th grader

Answer 1

When the eye doctor shines a bright light into the patient's eye, the light enters through the cornea and pupil and hits the retina at the back of the eye. The retina has special cells that convert the light into signals, which travel through the optic nerve to the brain, where the brain processes the signals and tells the person that they see a bright light.