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ARE YOU L-O-S-T AFTER REFRACTION?

Activity #

Objective:
 Construct ray diagrams for lenses;
 Determine graphically the location, size, and type of image formed;
 Show graphically the changes in the image formed as an object’s position is changed.

Materials:
 Protractor and ruler
 Sheets of paper
 pencil

Procedure:

1. Construct ray diagram using, as much as possible, the “three most useful rays” for each of the following cases to determine the
location, orientation, size, and type of the image.
2. Use a table similar to the table below to summarize the characteristics and location of the images formed.

Table 1. Location, Orientation, Size, and Type of Image Formed by Lenses

IMAGE
Location of Object Location Orientation Size Type
(upright or inverted) (Same, reduced or (Real or Virtual)
enlarged)
CONVEX LENS
A. Beyond 2F’
B. At 2F’
C. Between 2F’ and F’
D. At the Focal Point, F’
E, Between the F’ and V
CONCAVE LENS
F. At 2F’
G. At the focal point, F’
H. Between F’ and V

Refer to the table. How does the image change in its size and location, as the object comes nearer the convex lens?
Concave lens?
Refer to the size of object and the size of image from the drawn ray diagrams for convex lens. Identify the location of
object for which the following optical instruments are used to. Match column A with column B.

Column A Column B
Photocopy “Xerox” Machine At Infinity
Camera Beyond 2F’
Telescope At 2F’
Projector Between 2F’ and F’
Magnifying glass Between F’ and V

Why is it impossible for a concave lens to form a real image?