Human Eye-QA
Human Eye-QA
Human Eye-QA
(ii) Power of the lens (used for correcting near vision) = +1.5 D
Focal length of the required lens (f) = 1/P
f = 1/1.5 = +0.667 m
The focal length of the lens (for correcting near vision) is 0.667 m.
6. The far point of a myopic person is 80 cm in front of the eye. What is the nature and
power of the lens required to correct the problem?
Answer-
The individual is suffering from myopia. In this defect, the image is formed in front of the
retina. Therefore, a concave lens is used to correct this defect of vision.
Object distance (u) = infinity = ∞
Image distance (v) = – 80 cm
Focal length = f
According to the lens formula,
A concave lens of power – 1.25 D is required by the individual to correct his defect.
7. Make a diagram to show how hypermetropia is corrected. The near point of a
hypermetropic eye is 1 m. What is the power of the lens required to correct this defect?
Assume that the near point of the normal eye is 25 cm.
Answer-
An individual suffering from hypermetropia can see distinct objects clearly but he or she will
face difficulty in clearly seeing objects nearby. This happens because the eye lens focuses the
incoming divergent rays beyond the retina. This is corrected by using a convex lens. A
convex lens of a suitable power converges the incoming light in such a way that the image is
formed on the retina, as shown in the following figure.
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The convex lens creates a virtual image of a nearby object (N’ in the above figure) at the near
point of vision (N) of the individual suffering from hypermetropia.
The given individual will be able to clearly see the object kept at 25 cm (near point of the
normal eye), if the image of the object is formed at his near point, which is given as 1 m.
Object distance, u= – 25 cm
Image distance, v= – 1 m = – 100 m
Focal length, f
Using the lens formula,
Answer-
A normal eye is not able to see the objects placed closer than 25 cm clearly because the
ciliary muscles of the eyes are unable to contract beyond a certain limit.
9*. What happens to the image distance in the eye when we increase the distance of an
object from the eye?
Answer-
The image is formed on the retina even on increasing the distance of an object from the eye.
The eye lens becomes thinner and its focal length increases as the object is moved away from
the eye.
10*. Why do stars twinkle?
Answer-
The twinkling of a star is due to atmospheric refraction of starlight. The starlight, on entering
the earth’s atmosphere, undergoes refraction continuously before it reaches the earth. The
atmospheric refraction occurs in a medium of gradually changing( increasing) refractive
index.
11*. Explain why the planets do not twinkle?
Answer-
Unlike stars, planets don’t twinkle. Stars are so distant that they appear as point sources of
light in the night sky, even when viewed through a telescope. Since all the light is coming
from a single point, its path is highly susceptible to atmospheric interference (refraction) (i.e.
their light is easily diffracted).
12. Why does the Sun appear reddish early in the morning?
Answer-
White light coming from the sun has to travel more distance in the atmosphere before
reaching the observer. During this, the scattering of all colored lights except the light
corresponding to red color takes place and so, only the red colored light reaches the observer.
Therefore, the sun appears reddish at sunrise and sunset.
13. Why does the sky appear dark instead of blue to an astronaut?
Answer-
The sky appears dark instead of blue to an astronaut, as scattering of light does not take place
outside the earth’s atmosphere.