Owls are nocturnal animals. They are active at night and hunt small animals for food. Owls have large eyes and can see well at night. This is due to:

ICSE Class 10 Biology PYQ · 2025 Paper · Section A

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Owls are nocturnal animals. They are active at night and hunt small animals for food. Owls have large eyes and can see well at night. This is due to:

• (a)Cones and Rhodopsin
• (b)Rods and Iodopsin
• (c)Rods and Rhodopsin
• (d)Cones and Iodopsin

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Rods and Rhodopsin

Reason — Owls see well at night because their eyes have many rods, which work in dim light. Rods contain rhodopsin, a pigment that helps detect light in the dark.

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