Question

question 3 (1 point) sarah wakes up early in the morning and her room is fairly dark. she sees that her alarm clock says she has an hour before she needs to wake up for the day. she looks over and sees her pants hanging on a hook. she knows its her red pants because she hung it up there before she went to bed, but in the dark she cannot see its color. it looks dark gray to her. why is that? in the dim light, the rods in a persons eyes are ineffectual. in the dim light, the cones in a persons eyes are ineffectual. a persons optic nerve does not function well in darkness. a persons pupils do not dilate in the darkness.

Explanation:

Cones in the eyes are responsible for color - vision and function best in bright light. In dim light, cones are ineffectual, and rods take over which are more sensitive to low - light but do not distinguish colors well, causing the red pants to appear dark gray.

Answer:

In the dim light, the cones in a person's eyes are ineffectual.