Experiment: Exploring Lenses
Convex Lens:
Concave Lens:
Questions
1. Describe the general orientation and magnification of the images formed through the convex lens before the image became blurry (this occurs when the image distance is larger than the distance from the lens to your eye).
2. What kind of image forms through the convex lens in the above situation, and how do you know?
3. How does the image of the window appear through the lens at this distance? What kind of image is this, and how do you know?
4. At what distance must you position the screen in order to view a clear image on the paper?
5. Explain why the screen allows you to view this kind of image, but would not work in viewing the images from Procedure 1.