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Topic: Lenses and dispersion

1. What is lens?
A lens is a curved and polished piece of glass or any other transparent
material bound by two curved surfaces or by one curved and one plane
surfaces.
2. The image formed by a lens is always virtual, erect and smaller in
size for an object kept at different positions in front of it. Identify
the nature of the lens.
Answer:
Such types of lenses which always form virtual, erect and smaller
image in spite of the different positions of an object are called
concave lens.
3. Differentiate between convex and concave lens
A concave lens is thicker at the edges and thinner at the
middle. A convex lens is thicker at the middle and thinner at the
edges. Due to the diverging rays, concave lens is called a diverging
lens. Due to the converging rays, convex lens is called a converging
lens.

4. When the object move towards the convex lens, what will happen
to the image?
The image become larger as the object is slowly moved towards the
convex lens till a stage comes when the size of the image is equal to
the size of the object. When the object is again moved towards the
lens, the size of the image becomes bigger than the size of the
object.
5. What are the application of lenses?
In cameras
In the telescope
In microscopes
In magnifying glass
Spectacles
Binocular

6. Define dispersion of light.


When white light is passed through a glass prism it splits into
its spectrum of colours (in order violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow,
orange and red) and this process of white light splitting into its
constituent colours is termed as dispersion.
7. What is spectrum of white light?
The band of seven colours formed on the screen due to the
dispersion of white light is known as the spectrum of white light.
8. The white light spectrum is always in the same order. Analyze the
order of colors in the spectrum and determine the reason behind it.
The lights of all colours travel at the same speed in vacuum.
But, in a transparent medium such as glass, water etc., the light of
different colours travels with different speeds. The red light travels
the fastest, and the violet the slowest of all the seven colours. As a
result, red light bends the least, and the violet bends the most.
9. State the correct sequence (1-7) of colours in the spectrum formed
by the prisms A and B shown in the figure.
Answer:
When a white light is passed through a prism, it disperses into its
seven constituent colours.

10.Boojho made light from a laser torch to fall on a prism. Will he be


able to observe a band of seven colours? Explain with a reason.
Answer:
No, he will not observe band of seven colours because laser light
consists of monochromatic light of single colour.
But seven colours of bands are only observed, when a white light is
passed through a prism and dispersion takes place.

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