Light - Answers
Light - Answers
Light - Answers
EXERCISES
2. Images formed by plane mirrors are virtual, upright, the same distance from the mirror as
the object's distance, and the same size as the object.
3. The concave lens always forms a virtual, erect, and diminished image.
4. If we place the object between F (focus) and 2F the image formed is always beyond 2F.
The images are real and always inverted.
5. If the object is placed at the focus, the image will be formed at infinity.
6. a) We cannot see a source of light through a bent tube because a bent tube is not a
uniform medium. In order to see the source of light, the tube should be a straight because
light travels in straight lines. A tube which is bent obstructs the path of light from reaching the
eye.
b) Convex mirrors are used as side view mirrors in a car to see the traffic behind. The image
formed in a convex mirror is highly diminished due to which a convex mirror gives a wide field
of view of the traffic behind the vehicle.
c) A concave mirror gives the dentist a magnified reflection of the mouth. This means the
image in the mirror is larger, brighter, and, for the dentist, easier to see.
1. Convex Mirror is used as a rearview mirror in vehicles to see the traffic at the rear side.
2. Large Convex Mirrors are used as shop security mirrors.
Uses of convex mirrors are following:
3. Most common lenses are concave and convex lenses and they are found in spectacles,
cameras, binoculars, telescopes and magnifying glasses.
4. White light is a mixture of all colors of light. This mixture can be split into different colors
using a transparent block called a prism. Prisms are specially shaped so that light passing
through them bends. Some colors bend more than others as they pass through the prism, so
they split apart.
LEARNING RESOURCE
Worksheet – 1
3) a) Images formed by plane mirrors are virtual, upright, the same distance from the mirror
as the object's distance, and the same size as the object.
b) The alphabets that do not show lateral inversion when viewed through a plane mirror are I, O, A, V,
W, M, H, T, U, V, X, Y.
c) Virtual image : It cannot be obtained on a screen. It is always erect but laterally inverted.
Example: Image formed by a plane mirror
d) Regular reflection occurs at the surface of a plane surface like a plane mirror. Diffused
reflection occurs at the surface of a rough surface like cardboard.
Worksheet -2
3) a) 1) Convex lens is thicker in the middle while concave lens is thinner in the middle.
2) A convex lens converges the light ray falling on it, while a concave lens diverges the
light ray falling on it.
b) Concave mirror is used by dentist, solar furnace, reflector of a torch, etc. Convex
mirror is used in rear view mirrors.
5) The image formed by a convex mirror is always Diminished, Virtual and Erect.
Worksheet -3
Mirrors can be broadly classified as plane mirrors, rotating mirrors, inclined mirrors and spherical
mirrors. Spherical mirrors can be further classified into two types, i.e. a concave mirror and a convex
mirror.
4) (i) The incident ray, the reflected ray and the normal (at the point of incidence) , all lie in the same
plane.