Understanding Lenses
A Grade 6 science worksheet covering the basics of convex and concave lenses, how they refract light, and their uses.
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Understanding Lenses
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Good luck!
1. Which type of lens is thicker in the middle and thinner at the edges, causing light rays to converge?
Concave lens
Convex lens
Flat lens
Prism
2. What happens to parallel light rays when they pass through a concave lens?
They converge to a single point.
They diverge (spread out).
They pass straight through.
They reflect back.
3. A lens is used to correct nearsightedness.
4. The bending of light as it passes from one medium to another is called .
5. A convex lens makes objects appear smaller and farther away.
True
False
6. Magnifying glasses use concave lenses to enlarge objects.
True
False
Match the lens type to its description.
7. Convex Lens
a. Diverges light rays
8. Concave Lens
b. Converges light rays
9. Describe one real-world use for a convex lens.
10. Draw a simple diagram of a concave lens and show how parallel light rays pass through it.