As an object gets closer, its visual angle becomes _______, and its retinal image gets ________.

A) larger; smaller
B) smaller; larger
C) smaller; smaller
D) larger; larger

Visual Angle

The angle formed by lines projecting from the extremes of an object to the eye, influencing how large the object appears to the observer.

Retinal Image

The image projected onto the retina of the eye, where light-sensitive receptor cells convert light into neural signals for the brain to interpret.