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Assignment - Human Eye and The Colourful World

The document contains 11 questions about the human eye and vision. It asks about why the sky appears blue from Earth but black from space, reasons for using red for danger signals and the difference in sunset times. It also asks about hypermetropia, defining it and listing two causes as well as how it can be corrected using a ray diagram. Two other vision defects, their causes and correcting lenses are asked about. Questions also cover the formation of rainbows, atmospheric refraction, presbyopia and the lens used to correct it. Further questions address dispersion of white light by a prism, how Newton showed white light is made of colors using prisms, refraction through a prism, and why planets don't twinkle

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Assignment - Human Eye and The Colourful World

The document contains 11 questions about the human eye and vision. It asks about why the sky appears blue from Earth but black from space, reasons for using red for danger signals and the difference in sunset times. It also asks about hypermetropia, defining it and listing two causes as well as how it can be corrected using a ray diagram. Two other vision defects, their causes and correcting lenses are asked about. Questions also cover the formation of rainbows, atmospheric refraction, presbyopia and the lens used to correct it. Further questions address dispersion of white light by a prism, how Newton showed white light is made of colors using prisms, refraction through a prism, and why planets don't twinkle

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Assignment – 3

Human Eye and The Colourful World


Q1. The colour of clear sky from the earth appears blue but from
the space it appears black. Why? (2023)
Q2. Give reasons:
(a) Red colour is selected for danger signals.
(b) The sky appears dark in space.
(c) The time difference between actual sunset and apparent sunset
is about 2 minutes. (2020)
Q3. When do we consider a person to be hypermetropic? List two
causes of this defect.
Explain using a ray diagram how can this defect of eye be corrected
? [CBSE 2006, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2019]
Q4. Name two defects of vision. Mention their cause and the type
of lenses used to correct them. [CBSE 2014,2016,2019]
Q5. What is a rainbow ? Draw a labelled diagram to show the
formation of rainbow. [CBSE 2019]
Or
Describe the formation of rainbow in the sky with the help of a
diagram. [CBSE 2011,2014,2017]
Q6. What is atmospheric refraction ? Briefly explain. Why does
apparent position of a star appear different from its true position ?
[CBSE 2012,2013,2015,2019]
Q7. Due to gradual weakening of ciliary muscles and diminishing
flexibility of the eye lens a certain defect of vision arises. Write the
name of this defect. Name the type of lens required by such
persons to improve the vision. Explain the structure and function of
such a lens. [Delhi 2017]
Q8. State the cause of dispersion of white light by a glass prism.
How did Newton, using two identical glass prisms, show that white
light is made of seven colours? Draw a ray diagram to show the
path of a narrow beam of white light, through a combination of two
identical prisms arranged together in inverted position with respect
to each other, when it is allowed to fall obliquely on one of the
faces of the first prism of the combination. [AI 2017]
Q9. What is a prism ? Draw a neat diagram to show refraction of a
light ray through a triangular glass prism. Define angle of deviation.
[CBSE 2011,2013,2014,2016]
Q10. Explain why the planets do not twinkle but the stars twinkle.
[CBSE 2011, 2014, 2016]
Q11. State the function of each of the following Part of human eye
I) Pupil
II) Iris
III) Cornea
IV) Retina
V) Ciliary muscles (2020)

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