Question

what are rods and cones in the retina of an eye ? why is our night vision relatively poor compared to the night vision of an owl?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

In our eyes rods are sensitive to light whic helps us in seeing objects while cones are used to identify colours.Thus in our surrounding we are able to differentiate colors with help of cones

Night vision of an owl are better from us probably due to more prominent rods than us.

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Answer 2

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Rods are the rod-shaped cells present in the retina of an eye which are sensitive to dim light.

Cones are the cone-shaped cells present in the retina of an eye which are sensitive to bright light.

Our night vision is relatively poor compared to the night vision of an owl due to the presence of relatively smaller number of rod cells in the retinas of our eyes.