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Optics

The document contains a series of conceptual questions and answers related to optics and the human eye. It addresses topics such as lens accommodation, vision defects like hypermetropia and myopia, and the behavior of light through lenses and mirrors. Key concepts include the formation of images on the retina and the adjustments the eye makes in different lighting conditions.

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Optics

The document contains a series of conceptual questions and answers related to optics and the human eye. It addresses topics such as lens accommodation, vision defects like hypermetropia and myopia, and the behavior of light through lenses and mirrors. Key concepts include the formation of images on the retina and the adjustments the eye makes in different lighting conditions.

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Optics - Conceptual Questions

1. What happens to the thickness of the eye lens when we look at a nearby object?

-> Lens becomes thicker to increase curvature and reduce focal length (due to accommodation).

2. Why can't a person with hypermetropia see nearby objects clearly?

-> Their eye lens can't become thick enough -> focal length is too long -> image forms behind the

retina.

3. What type of lens is used to correct myopia (nearsightedness)?

-> Concave lens -> diverges light to bring the image back onto the retina.

4. Why do we squint our eyes to see distant objects more clearly?

-> Squinting reduces the aperture of the eye -> increases depth of focus and reduces spherical

aberration.

5. What happens when an object is placed at the focus of a convex lens?

-> The image is formed at infinity (real, inverted, highly enlarged).

6. When is the magnification of a concave mirror positive and greater than 1?

-> When the object is placed between the focus and pole -> image is virtual, upright, and magnified.

7. What kind of image is formed on the retina of a human eye?

-> Real, inverted, and diminished

8. Why do our eyes take time to adjust when we enter a dark room from bright light?

-> Pupils take time to dilate and allow more light in (dark adaptation).

9. A person sees nearby objects clearly but not distant ones. What is the defect?

-> Myopia

10. Why is the image blurry if the eye lens cannot change its shape properly?

-> The eye cannot adjust its focal length, so the image may not fall on the retina.

11. What happens to the image distance in the eye when object distance increases?

-> It remains the same because image always forms on the retina.

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