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LENSES AND MIRRORS

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Any smooth surface that reflects light to form an image is a(n) ____.

a)

telescope

b)

microscope

c)

mirror

d)

lens

2.

The bowl of a shiny spoon forms an enlarged, upright image similar to that of a ____ mirror.

a)

wide-angle

b)

convex

c)

concave

d)

refracting

3.

Light rays that hit a convex mirror ____ as they are reflected.

a)

magnify

b)

diverge

c)

unite

d)

disappear

4.

Outside rear-view mirrors on automobiles are generally ____.

a)

concave

b)

convex

c)

plane

d)

all of the others

5.

____ are thick in the middle and thin at the edges.

a)

Plane mirrors

b)

Convex lenses

c)

Concave lenses

d)

Concave mirrors

6.

The image formed by a plane mirror is ____.

a)

real and reversed

b)

real and upright

c)

upright and reversed

d)

virtual and inverted

7.

A ____ lens has a short focal length and produces a small image that includes much of the surroundings.

a)

convex

b)

telephoto

c)

concave

d)

wide-angle

8.

When an object is less than ____ focal length(s) away from the lens, the image is no longer real.

a)

five

b)

one

c)

four

d)

ten

9.

Because they bend light more, thick convex lenses have ____ focal lengths than thin convex lenses.

a)

longer

b)

shorter

c)

more

d)

wider

10.

Which of these is not true about a real image?

a)

It is enlarged

b)

It can be projected onto a screen

c)

It is inverted

d)

It appears behind the mirror

11.

Electrical power for the Hubble Space Telescope is provided by ____.

a)

convex lenses

b)

solar panels

c)

fuel cells

d)

storage batteries

12.

A farsighted eye focuses an image ____.

a)

behind the retina

b)

in front of the lens

c)

in front of the retina

d)

on the retina

13.

A farsighted eye focuses an image ____.

a)

behind the retina

b)

in front of the lens

c)

in front of the retina

d)

on the retina

14.

Which of the following uses a lens and two mirrors?

a)

microscope

b)

binoculars

c)

reflecting telescope

d)

refracting telescope

15.

Which of the following uses a long-focal-length lens, a short-focal-length lens, and has an inverted image?

a)

reflecting telescope

b)

binoculars

c)

microscope

d)

refracting telescope