Class-7 Chapter: 15-LIGHT G.

Science (Class work)

Answer the following:

1Q. What is meant by the following terms?

Lens

A piece of transparent material bound by one or two spherical curved surfaces.

Mirror

A smooth shining surface which rebounds the light back in the same or different
directions is called a mirror.

Prism

A transparent solid object with at least two planes faces a light beam and splits it into
its components colours.

Lateral inversion

Right side of the object appears to be the left side of the image and vice versa.
This change of sides of an object and its mirror image is called lateral inversion.

Reflection of light

When light falls on a shiny or a polished surface, then light changes its direction into
the same medium. This is called reflection of light.

2Q. Differentiate between real & virtual images?

An image that can be formed on a screen is called a real image.

An image that cannot be obtained on a screen is called a virtual image.

3Q. How are objects visible?

Objects are visible only when light falling on them is reflected and reaches our eyes.
4Q. What are concave mirrors and convex mirrors?

When in a spherical mirror, the reflecting surface is the inward surface and the
polished surface is a bulged outer surface, then the spherical mirror is called a
concave mirror.
 Image formed is real or virtual depending upon the distance of the mirror.

It has an outward bulging reflecting surface and the inward surface is polished, then
the spherical mirror is called convex mirror.

Image formed by a convex mirror is erect, virtual and smaller in size than the object.

Diagrams of concave mirror and convex mirror 5Q. State the differences between a convex
lens and concave lens
Convex Lens Concave Lens
a. Convex lenses are thicker in the
a. Concave lenses are thinner in the
middle than at the edges.
middle than at the edges.
b. A convex lens can form a real and
b. A concave lens always forms an
inverted image. When the object is
erect, virtual and smaller image
placed very close to the lens, the
than the object.
image formed is virtual, erect and
c. A concave lens cannot be used as a
magnified.
magnifying glass
c. A convex lens can be used as a
magnifying glass

d. A convex lens converges (bends inward) the light generally falling on

 it outward) the light
d. A concave lens diverges (bends

6Q. State the characteristics of the image formed by a plane mirror

● It is formed at the same distance behind the mirror as an object is in front of

it.
● It is erect.
● It is of the same size as the object
● It is virtual
● It is laterally inverted.

7Q. Light appears white. Why?

When violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red are mixed in a constant
proportion, it gives white colour.

8Q. We can see through the lens but can’t see through the mirror. Why?

We can’t see through the mirror because the mirror reflects most of the light falling
on it but most of the light falling on the lens passes through it.

9Q. What is dispersion of light?

The phenomenon of separation of visible light into its seven components of colours is
known as dispersion of light.

10Q. What is spectrum?

The pattern of the coloured bands obtained on the screen is called a spectrum.

11Q. What are the uses of concave mirror and convex mirror?

Uses of concave mirror

1. Used by the ENT specialists, dentists
2. Used as shaving mirror
3. Used by makeup artists
4. Used in torches, car headlights to get a parallel beam of light.
Uses of convex mirror
1. Used as a rear view mirror in vehicles because it has a wide field of view
as image s are smaller.
2. Used at metro stations and big departmental stores to keep a check.
12Q. What are the uses of lenses?

1. Magnifying glass – convex lens

2. To correct eye defects –
 People who cannot see far off objects clearly wear concave

lenses. People who cannot see nearby objects clearly wear convex

lenses. 3. Lenses are also used in microscope, telescope etc.

13Q. The word AMBULANCE is written in a strange manner on the

ambulance. Why?

It is because of lateral inversion as it is written reverse so that the person who is

driving he can read ambulance correctly as in the rear-view mirror left appears right
and right appears left. And it’s the duty of everyone to allow the ambulance pass
without blocking of roads.
14Q. Which type of mirror can form a real image?
Concave mirror

15Q. Which type of lens can always form a virtual image?

Concave lens

16Q. What is a virtual image? Give one situation where a virtual image is formed?

An image which cannot be obtained on screen is called a virtual image.

A virtual image can be formed by a plane mirror, concave mirror, convex mirror,
convex lens and concave lens. Polished metallic surface or liquid surface such as
lakes or water bodies can also form a virtual image.

16Q. What will be the colour of an object that absorbs all the colours?
White.

17Q. Newton’s disc appears white, when it rotates .why?

Newton’s disk is painted with the constituent colours of light, when it rotates fast the
colours get mixed. So it appears white on rotation.

18Q. How is the rainbow formed?

Rainbow is formed after rainfall when the sun shines. When sunlight passes through
suspended raindrops it splits into seven colours.