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When one enters a dark room after being in bright light one is not able to see anything clearly for a while because

  • A.The retina of the eye moves forward
  • B.The retina of the eye moves backward
  • C.The iris is unable to dilate the pupil immediately to be able to see things
  • D.The eye has no power of accommodation

Answer: C

The iris cannot dilate the pupil quickly enough.

In bright light the pupil is constricted to a small aperture; on entering darkness the iris muscles need time to open it, and the retinal pigment rhodopsin, bleached by the bright light, takes several minutes to regenerate. Full dark adaptation takes about twenty to thirty minutes.

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