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Vocabular Starter - Refraction and Lenses

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  • Q1
    What type of lens is thicker in the middle than at the edges and converges light rays?
    Plane lens
    Convex lens
    Concave lens
    Biconcave lens
    30s
  • Q2
    What term describes the bending of light as it passes from one medium to another?
    Absorption
    Refraction
    Diffraction
    Reflection
    30s
  • Q3
    Which part of a lens determines how much it will bend light?
    Color
    Thickness
    Curvature
    Material
    30s
  • Q4
    What is the term for the point where parallel light rays converge after passing through a convex lens?
    Principal axis
    Optical center
    Focal point
    Image distance
    30s
  • Q5
    What happens to light rays when they pass through a concave lens?
    They diverge
    They converge
    They reflect
    They split
    30s
  • Q6
    What is the term used to describe the distance between the lens and the focal point?
    Magnification
    Focal length
    Image distance
    Refraction index
    30s
  • Q7
    Which type of lens is thinner in the center than at the edges and causes light rays to spread out?
    Concave lens
    Plano-convex lens
    Convex lens
    Biconvex lens
    30s
  • Q8
    What type of image is formed by a convex lens when the object is placed beyond the focal point?
    Real and upright
    Virtual and inverted
    Virtual and upright
    Real and inverted
    30s

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