Biology
Grade-8
Easy
Question
Rods and cones are _________.
- Photoreceptors
- Proprioceptors
- Nociceptors
- Chemoreceptors
Hint:
Rods and cones are the receptors in the retina responsible for your sense of sight
The correct answer is: Photoreceptors
- The human retina has two types of photoreceptors to gather light namely rods and cones.
- While rods are responsible for vision at low light levels, cones are responsible for vision at higher light levels.
- The light levels where both are functional are known as mesopic
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