1. 5.3 Using Lenses to Form Images
A lens is a curved piece of transparent material that can bend, or refract, light rays in useful ways to help form a well-focused image.
A lens can be concave or convex.
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2. are thinner in the middle than at the edge.
Concave Lenses
Concave lenses:
are thinner in the middle than at the edge.
cause light rays to diverge.
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3. produce images that are upright and smaller than the object.
Concave Lenses
Concave Lenses:
produce images that are upright and smaller than the object.
are sometimes used in eyeglasses and telescopes.
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4. are thicker in the middle than at the edge.
Convex Lenses
Convex lenses
are thicker in the middle than at the edge.
cause light rays to converge.
When parallel rays strike a convex lens they come together at the focal point.
A magnifying glass is a good example of a convex lens.
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5. Focal length in Convex Lenses
The distance from the centre of the lens to the focal point is called the focal length.
The type of image a convex lens forms depends on where the object is relative to the focal point.
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