Convex Lens

What is a Convex Lens?

• A lens with two spherical surfaces

• Lens with surfaces bent inwards

• Lens with surfaces bent outwards

• A lens with reflective surfaces that bent outwards

What is one of the characteristic of convex lens?

• Will only produce an upright image if the object is located in front of the focal point.

• Distance of image from the mirror will be the same as the distance of the object from the mirror

• Will diverges light rays when they strike it's reflecting surface.

• The focal point of the lens is the point where the parallel refraction of light gathers.

What is the image produced by convex lens?

• Convex lens create reflected image but reversed from left to right

• Convex lens create real images magnified or minified, and inverted or virtual.

• Convex lens create real and virtual image

• Convex lens create virtual and erect images.

What is the example of convex lens in real life?

• Torch light

• Periscopes

• Camera

• Automobile headlight

What is one of the importance of convex lens?

• Used in vehicles as reflectors

• For Hypermetropia, to correct far sightedness

• Easily spots the location of the object behind

• Used in sunglasses