Jh Venkateshwar International School

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WORKSHEET – 1 (2021-22)
CHAPTER – 11
The Human eye and the Colourful World

1. What is the range of vision of normal human eye?

2. Which phenomenon of eye is used in cinematography?
3. Name the part of our eye that helps us to focus near and distant objects in quick
succession.
4. Name the dark muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil.
5. Name three phenomena of light responsible for the formation of rainbow.
6. Name the part of human eye for the power of accommodation i.e. for changing the
focal length of eye lens.
7. If we are seeing the objects from different distances but their image is always formed
on retina i.e. image distance is not changed. Why?
8. Light of two colours A and B pass through a glass prism. ‘A’ deviates more than B
from its path of incidence. Which colour has a higher speed in the prism?
9. A person with myopic eye cannot see objects beyond a distance of 1.5 m. what
should be the power and nature of corrective lens used to restore proper vision?
10. Name the component of white light which deviates (i) the least and (ii) the most while
passing through a glass prism.
11. As air is a single medium but refraction of light takes place in air. Why?
12. Why cannot we read a printed page by holding it very close to our eyes?
13. Calculate maximum power of accommodation of a person having normal vision
14. What are the conditions necessary for making rainbow?

15. Can we see rainbow on a sunny day without rain fall? Explain.