Quiz on Convex and Concave Lenses

What does a convex lens do to light?

• Refracts light inward and makes it converge

• Refracts light outward and makes it diverge

• Absorbs light and scatters it

• Reflects light outward

What does a concave lens do to light?

• Reflects light inward

• Absorbs light and scatters it

• Refracts light outward and makes it diverge

• Refracts light inward and makes it converge

Which type of lens can form both real and virtual images?

• Prism

• Flat lens

• Convex lens

• Concave lens

What happens to the image formed by a convex lens when the object is placed more than one focal length away?

• The image is upright and smaller

• The image is inverted and smaller

• The image is upright and larger

• The image is inverted and larger

What happens to the image formed by a convex lens when the object is placed less than one focal length away?

• The image is inverted and larger

• The image is upright and smaller

• The image is inverted and smaller

• The image is upright and larger

Which of the following is true about a concave lens?

• It refracts light inward

• It makes light converge

• It forms real images

• It refracts light outward

What type of image is formed by a convex lens when the object is placed more than one focal length away?

• Virtual and upright

• Real and inverted

• Real and upright

• Virtual and inverted

What type of image is formed by a convex lens when the object is placed less than one focal length away?

• Virtual and inverted

• Virtual and upright

• Real and inverted

• Real and upright

Which lens is used to make light converge?

• Flat lens

• Prism

• Convex lens

• Concave lens

Which lens is used to make light diverge?

• Prism

• Convex lens

• Flat lens

• Concave lens