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Ray Diagram Activity

The document describes a ray diagram activity where the student is asked to draw 5 ray diagrams showing an object at different positions relative to a converging lens and record the characteristics of the resulting image in a table. The student notices that as the object moves closer to the lens, the size of the image becomes magnified.

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Ray Diagram Activity

The document describes a ray diagram activity where the student is asked to draw 5 ray diagrams showing an object at different positions relative to a converging lens and record the characteristics of the resulting image in a table. The student notices that as the object moves closer to the lens, the size of the image becomes magnified.

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Ray Diagram Activity

Please complete the five ray diagrams below.


Use your results to complete each table.
Please summarise your results in the final table and
state what patterns you notice.
Complete the ray diagram for the object position and lens below. Record your results in the table.

2F F

Distance of object Size of image Orientation of Type of image Position of image


from lens (Diminished/Same image (real/virtual)
Size/Magnified) (Upright/Inverted)
Further than 2F diminished inverted real Between F’ and 2F’,
behind the mirror
Complete the ray diagram for the object position and lens below. Record your results on the table.

2F F

Distance of object Size of image Orientation of Type of image Position of image


from lens (Diminished/Same image (real/virtual)
Size/Magnified) (Upright/Inverted)
Right at 2F Same size inverted real At 2F’, behind the
mirror
Complete the ray diagram for the object position and lens below. Record your results on the table.

2F F

Distance of object Size of image Orientation of Type of image Position of image


from lens (Diminished/Same image (real/virtual)
Size/Magnified) (Upright/Inverted)
Between F and 2F magnified inverted real Further than 2F’,
behind the mirror
Complete the ray diagram for the object position and lens below. Record your results on the table.

2F F

Distance of object Size of image Orientation of Type of image Position of image


from lens (Diminished/Same image (real/virtual)
Size/Magnified) (Upright/Inverted)
Right at F no no no no
Complete the ray diagram for the object position and lens below. Record your results on the table.

2F F

Distance of object Size of image Orientation of Type of image Position of image


from lens (Diminished/Same image (real/virtual)
Size/Magnified) (Upright/Inverted)
Closer than F magnified upright virtual Between 2F and F,
infront of the mirror
Distance of Size of Image Orientation of Type of Image Position
Object from Image
Lens
Further than 2F diminished inverted real Between F’ and
2F’, behind the
mirror
2F Same size inverted real At F’, behind
the mirror
Between 2F & F magnified inverted real Further than
2F’, behind the
mirror
F no

Closer than F
Activity: magnified upright virtual Between 2F and
F, in front of the
1. Use your text book and draw FIVE ray diagrams to help you completemirror
the above
table.

2. What do you notice as the object moves closer to the lens?


The image is larger when it moves closer to the lens

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