Lenses

Cards (12)

  • Convex ray diagram:
  • Concave lens:
  • Concave ray diagram:
  • Convex lens:
  • What is a real image?
    A real image is formed when light rays converge and can be projected onto a screen.
  • What is a virtual image?
    A virtual image is where light rays appear to converge or diverge from a point, but the image cannot be projected onto a screen.
  • What does the colour of an opaque object depend on?
    The wavelengths of light most storngly reflected
  • What is white colour?
    Combination of all colours
  • Black objects...
    reflect all wavelengths equally
  • White objects...
    Reflect all wavelengths equally
  • Transparent and translucent objects...
    TRANSMIT light
  • What do colour filters do?
    Absorb/transmit certain colors.