# Life Sciences Paper 1, November 2024, question 3.2.4

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## Question 3.2.4 (4 marks)

The diagram below shows the same person’s eye photographed in two different rooms. In Room 1 the pupil is small. In Room 2 the pupil is much wider. Room 2 is the darker room. Give a reasoned account of why the pupil changing from the Room 1 size to the Room 2 size benefits the person.

Figure: Two front views of the same eye. On the left, labelled Room 1, the pupil is small. On the right, labelled Room 2, which is the darker room, the pupil is much wider and the coloured iris around it is a thin ring.

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