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WORKSHEET- Human eye and colourful world
I. Multiple choice questions
1. Which of the following phenomena is based on atmospheric refraction?
A. Sun appears to rise 2 minutes before and 2 minutes later
B. Stars have seen higher than they actually are
C. Rainbow
D. The blue colour of clear sky
a) A and C b) A and B
c) A and D d) B and C
2. Which is the correct condition for the total internal reflection to occur?
a) All of these
b) light should pass from rarer to denser medium
c) light should pass from denser to rarer medium
d) Critical angle should be greater than angle of incidence
3. Which of the following colours is least scattered by fog, dust or smoke?
a) Blue b) Yellow
c) Red d) Violet
4. The light - sensitive cell present on the retina and is sensitive to the intensity of light is:
a) Cones b) Rods
c) Both rods and cones d) None of these
5. At noon the sun appears white as
a) light is least scattered
b) all the colours of the white light are scattered away
c) red colour is scattered the most
d) blue colour is scattered the most
6. The bluish colour of water in deep sea is due to
a) absorption of light by the sea b) scattering of light
c) reflection of sky in water d) the presence of algae and other plants found in water
7. Which of the following phenomena of light are involved in the formation of a rainbow?
a) Reflection, refraction and dispersion
b) Dispersion, scattering and total internal reflection
c) Refraction, dispersion and total internal reflection
d) Refraction, dispersion and internal reflection
II. Assertion (A) and Reason (R) Questions.
Following questions consist of two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Answer these questions
selecting the appropriate option given below:
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
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1. Assertion(A) : White light is dispersed into its seven-colour components by a prism.
Reason (R) : Different colours of light bend through different angles with respect to the incident ray as they
pass through a prism.
2. Assertion(A) : The phenomenon of scattering of light by the colloidal particles gives rise to Tyndall effect.
Reason (R): The colour of the scattered light depends on the size of the scattering particles.
3. Assertion(A): A normal human eye can clearly see all the objects beyond certain minimum distance.
Reason (R): The human eye has capacity of adjusting the focal length of eye lens.
4. Assertion(A): The sky looks dark and black instead of blue in outer space.
Reason (R): No atmosphere containing air in the outer space to scatter sunlight.
5. Assertion (A): The stars twinkle, while the planets do not.
Reason (R) : The stars are much bigger in size than the planets.
III. Answer the following questions:
1. State one main function each of iris, pupil, and cornea.
OR
Write the structure of eye lens and state the role of ciliary muscles in the human eye.
OR
How does the eye adjust itself to deal with light of varying intensity?
OR
Which part of the human eye provides most of the refraction for the light rays entering the eye?
2. Under very dim light, we are able to see all the objects but cannot distinguish between their colours. Explain.
3. Define “least distance of distinct vision”.
4. How can you identify the type of defect of vision a person is suffering from by physically touching his
spectacles?
5. A camera in many ways is similar to the human eye, still, there are some basic differences in image formation
between the two. Explain.
6. Define power of accommodation? Calculate maximum power of accommodation of a person having normal
vision.
7. How can changes of size of eyeball be one of the reasons for myopic and hypermetropic eye? Compare the
size of eyeball with that of a normal eye in each case. How does this change of size affect the position of
image in each case?
8. A 14 year old student is not able to see clearly the questions written of the black board placed at a distance of
5 m from him.
1. Name the defect of vision he is suffering from?
2. Draw the diagram to show this defect?
3. Name the type of lens used to correct this defect?
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4. Name two possible cause of this defect.
5. Draw the diagram to show how this defect can be corrected.
OR
Akshay, sitting in the last row in his class, could not see clearly the words written on the blackboard. When the
teacher noticed it, he announced if any student sitting in the front row could volunteer to exchange his seat with
Akshay. Salman immediately agreed to exchange his seat with Akshay. He could now see the words written on the
blackboard clearly. The teacher thought it fit to send the message to Akshay’s parents advising them to get his
eyesight checked. In the context of the above event, answer the following questions :
1. Which defect of vision is Akshay suffering from?
2. Which type of lens is used to correct this defect?
3. Draw the diagram to show how this defect can be corrected.
9. A student uses spectacles of focal length - 2.5 m.
1. Name the defect of vision he is suffering from.
2. Which lens is used for the correction of this defect?
3. List two main causes of developing this defect.
4. Compute the power of this lens.
10. Study the diagram given below and answer the questions that follow it:
(a) Which defect of vision is represented in this case? Give reason for your answer.
(b) What could be the two causes of this defect?
(c) With the help of a diagram show how this defect can be corrected by the use of a suitable lens.
11. Why is the normal eye unable to focus on an object placed within 10 cm from the eye?
12. Write the importance of ciliary muscles in the human eye. Name the defect of vision that arises due to
gradual weakeningoftheciliary musclesinoldage. What type of lensesarerequired by thepersons suffering
from thisdefect to see the objects clearly?
13. The far point of myopic person is 100 cm in front of the eye. Calculate the focal length and power of a lens
required to enable him to see distant objects clearly.
14. Name the principle on which a prism forms the image of an object? In which direction a ray of light bends
while emerging out of a prism?
15. What phenomenon is depicted in the given diagram? Explain the phenomenon and label A and B in the
diagram.
OR
Why do different rays deviate differently in the prism?
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In a figure given below a narrow beam of white light is shown to pass through a triangular glass prism. After passing
through the prism it produces a spectrum 𝑋𝑌 on a screen.
a. State the colour seen at X and Y.
b. Why do different colours of white light bend through different angles with respect to the incident beam of light?
OR
What is meant by dispersion of white light? Describe the formation of rainbow inthe sky with the help of a
diagram.
OR
Draw a ray diagram to show the refraction of light through a glass prism. Mark on it (a) the incident ray
(b) the emergent ray and (c) the angle of deviation.
16. Differentiate between a glass slab and a glass prism. What happens when a narrow beam of a
monochromatic light, and white light passes through
a. glass slab and
b. glass prism?
17. Describe an activity to show that the colours of white light split by a glass prism can be recombined to get
white light by another identical glass prism. Also draw ray diagram to show the recombination of the
spectrum of white light.
OR
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.
18. What is atmospheric refraction? Use this phenomenon to explain the following natural events.
a. Twinkling of stars
b. Advanced sun-rise and delayed sun-set.
c. Draw diagram to illustrate your answers
19. What is meant by scattering of light? Mention the factor on which it depends. Explain, why the colour of the
clear sky is blue? An astronaut in space finds sky to be dark. Explain reason for this observation.
OR
What is meant by scattering of light? Use this phenomenon to explain why the clear sky appears blue or the sun appears
reddish at sunrise.
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