LESSON 5 - Use of

Lenses in Optical
Devices
Introduction

There are many types of optical devices used lenses such as magnifying glass,
microscope, telescope, camera and slide projector etc. For every types of the
devices we must learn about the uses of the instruments, lens characteristics is
used, normal adjustment of the instruments , ray diagrams and the characteristics
of the final image which are formed .
Optical Len Normal Ray diagram Characteris
device s adjusm tics of final
Use ent iamges
d
Magnifyi
ng
glass

Microsco
pe

Telescop
e

Camera

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 Slide
projector

length 5cm
TUTORIA D Convex lens of focal
Convex lens of length 3 cm
L5 focal
length 5cm
1 Which of the following
combinations is the characteristics
4 Which of the following is true
of a magnifying lens ?
about the eyepiece of a
Object Focal length/ cm
microscope?
distance/ cm
A Consist of a concave lens
A 5 10
which has lower power than
B 8 5
the objective lens.
C 10 5
B Consist of a convex lens which
D 20 8
has lower power than the
objective lens.
2 A convex lens is used as a
C Consist of a concave lens
magnifying glass.
which has higher power than
What are the characteristics of the
the objective lens.
image?
D Consist of a convex lens which
has higher power than the
A magnified,upright,virtual
objective lens.
B magnified,upright,real
C magnified,inverted,virtual
D magnified,inverted,real
6 Which of the following is true
3 Choose the most suitable
concerning the operation of a
combinations of the lens that be
compound microscope?
used to construct a microscope.
First lens Second
A The focal length of objective
lens
lens greater
A Concave lens of focal
than the focal length of
Concave lens
eyepiece
length 3 cm of focal
B Both objective lens and
length 120
eyepiece has a high power.
cm
C The characteristics of final
B Convex lens of focal
image are magnified, upright
Convex lens of length 3 cm
and virtual
focal
length 120
7 The characteristics of image is
cm
formed by the objective lens of a
C Concave lens of focal
microscope are
Concave lens length 3 cm
of focal
A virtual,diminished,upright

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 B real,magnified,inverted 11 Two convex lens of focal length
C virtual,magnified,inverted 100 cm and 5 cm respectively is
used in a telescope. What is the
D real,magnified,upright linear magnification of the
telescope?
8 Which of the following pairs of lens
are used to construct a telescope? A 0.05 B 20
C 100 D 105
A A concave lens of focal length E 500
3 cm and a concave lens of
focal length 120 cm 12 A telescope has two convex lens of
B A convex lens of focal length 3 power 4.0 D and 20.0D
cm and a convex lens of focal respectively.
length 120 cm Which of the following is true?
C A concave lens of focal length
100 cm and a concave lens of Linear Distance between
focal length 120 cm magnifica the lens /cm
D A convex lens of focal length tion
100 cm and a convex lens of A 5 24.0
focal length 120 cm B 5 30.0
C 4 30.0
9 Which of the following statements D 4 24.0
about the objective lens and E 0.2 16.0
eyepiece of a telescope?
Power of Power of 13 The diagram shows the design of a
objective lens eyepiece simple astronomical telescope.
A low high The focal length of the lens P is fp
B high low and the focal length of the lens Q
C low low is fQ.
D high high

10 Two convex lens of power 2.5D Which statement is correct?

and 20 D respectively is used in a
telescope. What is the distance A fPis shoter than fQ
between the lens in normal B The power of lens P is higher
adjustment? than lens Q
C The image of lens P is real
A 8.0 cm B 17.5 cm whereas the image of lens Q is
virtual
C 22.5 cm D 45.0 D The image magnification is the
cm ratio fQ to fP
E 50.0 cm 14 How can we modify a telescope
to increase the linaer

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 magnification and the brightness
of the image?
A reduce the focal length and
the diameter of eyepiece
B increase the focal length and
the diameter of eyepiece
C reduce the focal length and
increase the diameter of
objective lens
D incraese the focal length and
the diameter of objective lens
15 The characteristics of final image
in a telescope are
A D
virtual,upright,magnified,locat
ed at the focal point
B
real,inverted,magnified,located at
infiniti
C virtual
,inverted,magnified,located at infiniti
16 What are the similarities
characteristic between
microscope and telescope ?
A Both have an eyepiece of long
focal length
B The final image of the both
instruments are
magnified,inverted and virtual
C The principal focus of the
objective lense is coincident
with the principal focus of the
eyepiece
17 The characteristics of the image
is formed by a
camera are
A virtual,upright ,enlarged
B real,inverted,diminished
C virtual,inverted,diminished
D real,upright,enlarged
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18 A slide projector has a convex lens
of focal length, f. It is used to
produce real and enlarged
image ,when the slide is placed
A less than f
B at f
C between f and 2f
D at 2f
19 The image is formed by a slide
projector is
A enlarged,real,upright
B enlarged,real,inverted
C diminished,virtual,upright
diminished,real,inverted
20 Which of the following optical
instrument produced real image?
A Telescope B Magnifying
glass
C Mikroscope D Slide
projector
21 A convex lens of focal length 4 cm
is used as a magnifying glass. An
object is placed in front of the
lens.
(a) Using scale menggunakan 1
cm : 2 cm, draw a ray diagram
to show how the convex lens
acts as a magnifying glass
 (b) State the characteristics of the (c) State two differences between
image formed. telescope and microscope by
completing the table below.
...............................................
................... Telescope Microscope
(c) What happen to the image
when a secreen is placed at
the behind of the lens?

...............................................
...................

(d) Determine the power of the

magnifying glass. 23 The diagram shows the
arrangement of the lenses in a
compound microscope. The power
of lens A and lens B are 0.5 D and
5D respectively.

22 The diagram shows the

arrangement of the lenses in a
compound microscope.

(a) Why do the light rays PQ

and RS are parallel?

...............................................
...........................
(b) State the focal length of
(a) Complete the ray diagaram in (i) lens A
the diagram above.
(b) State the characteristics of the .........................................
final image formed. .................
(ii) lens B
...............................................
................... .........................................
.................
............................................... (c) What is the distance between
................... lens A and lens B?

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 (b) Calculate the final image
magnification of
(d) What is the linear the telescope for each
magnification of the combination in (a) used at
telescope? normal adjustment.

(e) In the diagram above ,

complete the ray diagram of
the telescope.
(f) State the characteristics of the (c) Choose the best combination
final image formed. from (b) to
observe the eclipse of the
............................................... moon clearly.
.................... Give one reason.
………………………………………
…………
(g) How can we modify a ………………………………………………...
telescope to increase the
linaer magnification and the
brightness of the image?
............................................... ………………………………………………..
..................
25 The figure shows the lens and
……………………………………… mirror arrangement for a slide
………… projector.
24 A student wishes to construct a
telescope using
two convex lenses to observe the
eclipse of the moon. Besides the
lens of power 5 D, the student is
provided with an additional of two
convex lenses of power 2 D and 10
D.

(a) State the possible (a) What is the function of

combinations of any (i) concave mirror
two lenses that can be used to
construct the telescope. .........................................
.................

(ii) condenser lens

………………………………………............
.........................................
.................
(b) State two normal adjustment
……………………………………………….. should be done while using the
slide projector.

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 ...............................................
...................

………………………………………
…………
(c) State the characteristics of the
final image formed..

...............................................
...................
(d) A slide of area 4 cm2 is placed
in front of the convex lens at a
distance formed a sharp image
on the screen. The distance
between the slaid and the
screen is 250 mm.
Calculate

(i) the linear magnification of

the image.

(ii) the area of the image on

the screen

(iii) the focal length of the

convex lens.

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