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Convex lenses (including magnification)

The starter and exit quiz of the lesson “Convex lenses (including magnification)”, from the unit “Electromagnetic waves” (Year 11 Science) by Oak National Academy.

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12 questions

  1. When a wave crosses a boundary and changes direction, this is called ___.
  2. Which diagram shows the ray moving from air into glass and bending in the correct direction?
  3. Which diagram shows the ray moving from glass into air and bending in the correct direction?
  4. In a ray diagram, a normal line is often drawn. Which of the following statements about the normal are correct?
  5. Which of the following statements about the apple shown is correct?
  6. Which of the following ray diagrams is correct?
  7. Images of an object that are smaller than the object's actual size are described as ___ images.
  8. What is the name of the point labelled X in the diagram shown?
  9. A bulb filament has a height of 0.5 cm. A convex lens produces an image of the bulb filament on a screen that has a height of 3.5 cm. Calculate the magnification of the filament by the lens.
  10. Which of the following could be correct reasons why this lens cannot currently produce an image of this object?
  11. Match each object distance with the correct characteristics of the image.(f = focal length of the lens)
  12. The diagram shows many rays of light travelling from 4 points on an object passing through a lens. Given that object distance > focal length, which of the following statements are correct?

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