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Mirrors and lenses have many uses. Mirrors can be flat or curved, and curved mirrors can be concave or convex. Concave mirrors focus light inward to a focal point, while convex mirrors diverge light and have a wider viewing angle. Lenses also come in convex and concave shapes. Convex lenses magnify objects by converging light, and are used in microscopes, cameras, and the human eye. Concave lenses diverge light and are used to correct nearsightedness. Microscopes use convex lenses to magnify small objects. Cameras also use convex lenses to focus light and form images.

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Mirrors and lenses have many uses. Mirrors can be flat or curved, and curved mirrors can be concave or convex. Concave mirrors focus light inward to a focal point, while convex mirrors diverge light and have a wider viewing angle. Lenses also come in convex and concave shapes. Convex lenses magnify objects by converging light, and are used in microscopes, cameras, and the human eye. Concave lenses diverge light and are used to correct nearsightedness. Microscopes use convex lenses to magnify small objects. Cameras also use convex lenses to focus light and form images.

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QUARTER 2 – MODULE 4

USES OF MIRRORS AND LENSES

LESSON 1: USES OF MIRRORS

Mirror – is a reflective surface, made of glass coated with metals, which bounces off
light that strikes its surface and form a visual representation or projection of an object called
image.

Application of Concave and Convex Mirrors


A mirror is not just flat and plane, a mirror can be curved; concave and convex mirrors.
These mirror are collectively called spherical mirrors.

Concave Mirror- also known as converging mirror


has reflecting surface which collects light inward and
focus them to one focal point.

Convex Mirror- also known as diverging


mirror, is another type of spherical mirror which
has the outer bulging surface that reflects light
instead of the inner one. It has a wider view field
compared to a concave mirror. This makes bigger
objects appear to be smaller than their original
form.

Three different mirrors; plane mirror, concave mirror and convex mirror. A
plane mirror produces upright, left-right reversed and virtual image. Concave
mirror produces a magnified image and virtual image, but as you move away
from it, image is projected upside down, called real image. Convex mirror
on the other hand gives us the smaller version of the image, thus allowing us to
see wider view field.

LESSON 2: USES OF LENSES

Lenses come also in two types, namely: convex (converging) and concave
(diverging) lenses. When these lenses are combined, the produced lens is called
meniscus lens.

Uses of Convex Lenses


Sometimes called a positive lens, a convex lens is characterized by its
bulging surfaces that is directed outward making it thicker at the center than on
its edges. It is also known as converging lens because as light passes through it, its
rays bend inward and converge at a spot located beyond the lens known as the
focal point causing the object behind the lens to magnify or to appear bigger than
its actual size. Image produced by convex lenses can be a virtual or real image.

Types of Convex Lens


❖ Biconvex- If both side of the lens are curved inward.
❖ Plano-convex- If only one side of the lens is curve inward and the other
has a flat surface.

Biconvex Plano-convex
MICROSCOPES
▪ Microscope is an instrument that is used in
viewing small objects and microorganisms
t are impossible for our unaided eyes to see.
It uses lenses that can magnify object 100x
or even more than thousand times.

Light Microscope
Use at least 2 convex lenses. One of the
eyepiece near the observer’s eye located near the
object being observed.

CAMERA LENSES

• Camera uses convex lenses where light rays pass through.


• The closers the lenses through the object, the farther the beam converge.
The farther the object from the lens, the shorter the distance the light
beam converge.

THE HUMAN EYE IS A NATURAL CAMERA


Our eyes are our natural camera. Some of the basic and fundamental parts
of a camera functions just like how the different parts of our eyes work.
CONCAVE LENSES
Contrary to convex lens, concave lens has thicker
edges curving towards the center, causing light diverge,
hence it is called as the diverging lens. It spreads out
light, producing virtual image, making object to appear
smaller and farther than the way it actually is.

Concave Lenses and Myopia (nearsightedness) Correction


Concave lenses, such as eyeglasses and contact
lenses are used in correcting myopia (nearsightedness).
Myopia is a condition in which light rays focus in
front of the eye’s retina instead of, on the retina. The
result of this condition is a makes distant object to
appear blurry, while near objects appear normal.

Meniscus Lenses and Hyperopia (farsightedness) Correction


Hyperopia is the eye condition that enables
someone to see distant object clearly but makes nearby
object seem blurry. This condition is due to the in ability
one’s eyes to focus on objects closer to the eyes. A person
with hyperopia has a shortened eyeball, in which retina
lies closer than usual to the cornea and lens. This disorder
leads to the formation of the image nearby object to form beyond retina.

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