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Long Questions (≥ 8 marks)

(Level 1)

Code: 19C1Q001, Total marks: 8

Leo views a toy bird through a lens. The figure above shows what he observes.
(a) Explain briefly what type of lens Leo uses.
(2 marks)
(b) Sketch a ray diagram to show how the image is formed.
(3 marks)
(c) State the nature of the image formed.
(1 mark)
(d) Describe how the image observed changes as the toy bird approaches the lens.
(2 marks)

Answer:
(a) Convex lens (1A). Only convex lenses can form inverted images (1A).
(b) (3A)

(c) The image formed is real, inverted and diminished. (1A)

(d) When the toy bird is beyond the focal length and is moved towards the lens, the
inverted image becomes bigger (1A). When the toy bird is within the focal length
of the lens and is moved towards the lens, the erect and magnified image
becomes smaller (1A).

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Code: 19C1Q002, Total marks: 12

A student uses the above set-up to study the image formation of a lens. An illuminated
object is placed 30 cm in front of the lens. A translucent screen is placed on the other
side of the lens. When the screen is moved to a position 40 cm away from the lens, a
sharp image is observed.
(a) (i) What kind of lens is used by the student? Explain your answer briefly.
(2 marks)
(ii) Sketch the image observed by the student.
(1 mark)
(iii) State the nature of the image.
(1 mark)
(b) In the figure below, AB represents the illuminated object.

(i) Draw the refracted light rays and the image A′B′ of the illuminated object.
(2 marks)
(ii) Calculate the linear magnification of the image.
(2 marks)

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(iii) Find the focal length of the lens.

(1 mark)
(c) How would the image formed on the screen be affected if the lower half of the
lens is covered by a piece of opaque paper.
(1 mark)
(d) When the distance between the lens and the object becomes larger, in which
direction should the screen be moved so that a sharp image is formed again?
Explain your answer briefly.
(2 marks)

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Answer:
(a) (i) Convex lens (1A). Only convex lenses can form real images (1A).
(ii) R (1A)

(iii) The image is real, inverted and magnified. (1A)

(b) (i) (2A)

image distance 40 cm
(ii) Linear magnification = object distance = ≈ 1.33. (1M+1A)
30 cm
(iii) The focal length of the lens is (1.7 × 10) cm = 17 cm.
(c) The image would become dimmer. (1A)

(d) When the object distance increases, the image distance would decrease (1A).
Therefore, the screen should be moved towards the lens in order to catch a sharp
image again (1A).

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Code: 19C1Q003, Total marks: 10

An object of height 10 cm is placed in front of a convex lens. A real image of height

20 cm is captured on a screen. It is known that the distance between the object and the
image is 45 cm.
(a) Find the magnification of the image.
(2 marks)
(b) (i) Draw a ray diagram to show how the image of the object is formed.
(3 marks)
(ii) Find the focal length of the lens.
(1 mark)
(c) The object is then moved 15 cm farther away from the lens.
(i) In order to capture the image again, how should the position of the screen
be adjusted?
(1 mark)
(ii) What is the new magnification of the image?
(1 mark)
(d) Suppose the object is placed within the focal length from the lens. Can the image
be captured on a screen? Why?
(2 marks)

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Answer:
20 cm
(a) The magnification of the image  2 (1M+1A)
10 cm
(b) (i)
object

image
5 cm

5 cm
(3A)

(ii) Focal length of the lens = 2 × 5 = 10 cm (1A)

(c) (i) The screen should be moved 15 cm towards the lens. (1A)

15 cm
(ii) The magnification of the image   0.5 (1A)
30 cm
(d) The image will be virtual (1A) and therefore cannot be captured on a screen (1A).

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*Code: 19C1Q004, Total marks: 10

The lens on the watch as shown is used to produce an erect and magnified image of
the date display.
(a) What kind of lens is used?
(1 mark)
(b) Is the image real or virtual?
(1 mark)

(c) Draw a ray diagram to show how the image is formed.

(3 marks)
(d) The widths of the date display and its image are 3 mm and 5 mm respectively.
The distance between the lens and the date display is 3 mm. Find
(i) the linear magnification of the image,
(2 marks)
(ii) the image distance, and
(1 mark)
(iii) the focal length of the lens.
(2 marks)

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Answer:
(a) Convex lens (1A)

(b) Virtual (1A)

(c) (3A)

size of image 5 mm
(d) (i) Linear magnification = size of object = ≈ 1.67 (1M+1A)
3 mm
(ii) image distance size of image

object distance size of object
5
image distance   3 (1A)
3
 5 mm
(iii) Applying the lens formula,
1 1 1
 
u v f
1 1 1
  (1M)
3 5 f
f  7.5
The focal length is 7.5 cm. (1A)

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(Level 2)

Code: 19C2Q001, Total marks: 8

The figure below shows a simplified diagram of a slide projector. The focal length of
the lens is 60 mm. The position of the lens can be adjusted so that the distance
between the slide and the lens, l can vary from 61 mm to 65 mm.

holes lens

light source slide

(a) State one of the uses of the holes on top of the projector.
(1 mark)
(b) The ray diagram below shows how the image is formed on the screen.

A P
F B’
B O

A’
By considering APA′ and OFA′, Calculate the maximum distance between
the lens and the screen so that a sharp image can be obtained. Express your
answer in metres.
(3 marks)
(c) The slide used has a width and a height of 35 mm and 25 mm respectively.
Determine the minimum area of the screen so that the whole image can be
projected on. Express your answer in square metres.
(2 marks)
(d) A student replaces the lens by another one of focal length of 70 mm. Briefly
explain whether the projector can still work properly or not.
(2 marks)

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Answer:
(a) This helps to carry heat away by air from the interior of the projector through
convection. (1A)
(b) The maximum distance is obtained when the distance between the lens and the
slide is the minimum, i.e. 61 mm. (1M)

Therefore, AP = 61 mm and OF = 60 mm.

By considering APA′ and OFA′,
AP AB  AB 

OF AB 
61 AB
 1
60 AB 
AB 1
 (1M)
AB  60
OB 1

OB  60
OB   3660 mm
The image distance is 3660 mm. Therefore, the maximum distance between the
lens and the screen so that a sharp image can be obtained is 3.66 m. (1A)

(c) From part (b), the maximum linear magnification is known to be 60.
Therefore, the minimum area of the screen so that the whole image can be
projected on is equal to the maximum area of the image,
i.e. (35 × 60) mm × (25 × 60) mm = 3 150 000 mm2 = 3.15 m2. (1M+1A)

(d) The projector does not work properly (1A). Since the object distance is smaller
than the focal length of the new lens, the image formed is virtual and cannot be
projected on the screen (1A).

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*Code: 19C2Q002, Total marks: 9

A student carries out an experiment to determine the focal length of a convex lens.
The setup is shown below.

When a sharp image is caught by the translucent screen, the object distance u and
image distance v are recorded. Various pairs of u and v are obtained as shown in the
following table.
u / cm 40.0 38.0 36.0 34.0 32.0
v / cm 38.8 41.4 45.7 51.5 59.6
(a) Sketch the image as viewed by the observer.
(1 mark)
(b) Plot a graph of 1/v against 1/u. Hence determine the focal length of the lens.
(6 marks)
(c) The lens is now used as a magnifying glass. An image of linear magnification of
2.5 is obtained. What is the object distance?
(2 marks)

Answer:
(a) (1A)

(b) Tabulate the data. (1A)

−1
(1/u) / cm 0.025 0.0263 0.0278 0.0294 0.0313
−1
(1/v) / cm 0.0258 0.0242 0.0219 0.0194 0.0168
The following graph is obtained. (3A)

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1
The focal length is ≈ 16.9 cm. (1M+1A)
0.059
(c) Applying the lens formula,
1 1 1
 
u v f
1
1  0.059u (1M+1A)
 2.5
u  10.2
The object distance is 10.2 cm.

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