Lens Test

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NAME : ___________________ DATE:

TOPIC: LENSES FORM:_________


SECTION 1
CIRCLE the correct answer. Each question is worth 1 mark
1) When light passes through a convex lens, it does this.....
a) Diverge, or spread apart
b) Converge, or come together
c) Reflect, or bounce off
d) Create a rainbow
2) What type of lens is a Magnifying Glass?
a) Convex
b) Concave
c) Parabolic
d) Plane
3) What is the bending of light rays due to a change in speed as the rays pass through a substance, called?
a) Reflection
b) Refraction
c) Diffusion
d) Diffraction
4) Mirrors _____ light rays to make an image.
a) Reflect
b) Refract
c) Diffract
d) Diffuse
5) A _____ mirror is like the side mirrors on a car. "Objects are closer than they appear".
a) Convex
b) Concave
c) Parabolic
d) Plane
6) An image formed with a lens that can be projected onto a screen is called a _____ image.
a) Virtual
b) Real
c) Imaginary
d) Inverted
7) The typical mirror you look in at home or in a restroom is a _____ mirror.
a) Convex
b) Concave
c) Parabolic
d) Plane
8) A convex mirror will always produce an image that is _____.
a) Real , upside down , smaller
b) Virtual , upright , same size
c) Virtual , upright , smaller
d) Virtual , upright ,larger
9) A concave lens will always produce a_____ image.
a) Virtual , upright , smaller
b) Real , inverted , smaller
c) Real , inverted , larger
d) Virtual , upright , larger
10) What is the medical word for nearsightedness?
a) Myopia
b) Hyperopia
c) Glaucoma
d) Plybaria
11) What type lens is used to correct farsightedness?
a) Convex
b) Concave
c) Parabolic
d) Plane
12) A _____ uses 2 convex lenses to magnify an object and make a smaller object larger.
a) Telescope
b) Microscope
c) Oscilloscope
d) Kaleidoscope
13) The image formed on the film in a camera and on the retina of your eye is _____.
a) Right-side up
b) Upside down
c) Backwards
d) Sideways
14) If you are standing 4 feet from a plane mirror and looking into it, the image you see will be ______ feet
away from the mirror on the other side.
a) 2 feet
b) 4 feet
c) 6 feet
d) 8 feet
15) In the human eye, the image is formed on the lens.
a) the optic nerve
b) the retina
c) the cornea
d) the iris

2. You are making a presentation to your class on the image formed by a converging lens acting as a magnifying
glass
i. Draw a labelled diagram to show the following clearly:
a) The principal axis
b) The principal focus
c) The focal length
d) The image formed
ii. Is the image formed in this situation real or virtual? (5 marks)

b. Identify THREE differences between a real image and a virtual image. (3 marks)

c. A stamp collector view a stamp of height of 2.0cm with a hand lens placed 1.5cm from the stamp. The
distance of the image from the lens is 5.0cm. The object distance, u, image distance, v, and focal length, f, of a
lens are related by

1 1 1
= +
f u v
Calculate:
i. The height of the image of the stamp
ii. The magnification of the lens used
iii. The focal length of the lens
iv. The position of the image formed if the object distance was doubled.

(12 marks)
Total ___/35

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