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Uses of Mirrors & Lenses

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

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1.

1. Which of the following tells the difference between lenses and mirrors?

a)

Lenses refract light, mirrors reflect light.

b)

Lenses make object appear larger, while mirrors give exact copy of object.

c)

Lenses reflect light, mirrors refract light.

d)

Lenses produce virtual image, mirrors make real image.

2.

Concave mirror_________________.

a)

Bulges out toward the light source

b)

Curves towards the center

c)

Diverge light rays

d)

Creates smaller image of an object

3.

Which of the following uses both mirror and lens?

a)

Magnifying glasses

b)

dental mirror

c)

telescope

d)

microscope

4.

What kind of mirror is used by dentists in examining tooth cavities?

a)

Plane mirror

b)

Concave mirror

c)

convex mirror

d)

none of the above

5.

Vehicle’s side mirrors and mirrors used in convenience stores are __________.

a)

Plane mirror

b)

Concave mirror

c)

convex mirror

d)

none of the above

6.

What lens and mirrors are used in a reflecting telescope?

a)

Concave mirror, convex mirror and eyepiece

b)

Concave mirror, plane mirror and eyepiece.

c)

Concave lens, convex mirror and eyepiece

d)

None of the above.

7.

Used to view and magnify distant celestial bodies.

a)

Microscope

b)

binocular

c)

eyeglasses

d)

telescope

8.

Used in laboratories to view minute objects such as cells, tissues, and other microorganisms.

a)

telescope

b)

microscope

c)

dental lens

d)

binocular

9.

How will the letter e appear in the mirror?

a)

e

b)
c)
d)

ɘ

10.

Lenses are used in ___________.

a)

Magnifying smaller objects

b)

Camera

c)

microscopes

d)

all of the above

11.

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

a)

telescope

b)

microscope

c)

mirror

d)

lens

12.

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

13.

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

a)

magnify

b)

diverge

c)

unite

d)

disappear

14.

Outside rear-view mirrors on automobiles are generally ____.

a)

concave

b)

convex

c)

plane

d)

all of the others

15.

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

a)

Plane mirrors

b)

Convex lenses

c)

Concave lenses

d)

Concave mirrors

16.

The image formed by a plane mirror is ____.

a)

real and reversed

b)

real and upright

c)

upright and reversed

d)

virtual and inverted

17.

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

18.

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

19.

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

a)

longer

b)

shorter

c)

more

d)

wider

20.

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

21.

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

a)

convex lenses

b)

solar panels

c)

fuel cells

d)

storage batteries

22.

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

23.

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

24.

Which of the following uses a lens and two mirrors?

a)

microscope

b)

binoculars

c)

reflecting telescope

d)

refracting telescope

25.

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