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Lenses

Maharashtra Board · Class 10 · Science

Quick revision notes for Lenses — Maharashtra Board Class 10 Science. Key concepts, formulas, and definitions for last-minute revision.

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Basic Concepts and Types of Lenses

  • A lens is a transparent medium bounded by two surfaces, usually spherical
  • Convex lens (converging lens): Thicker at center, converges parallel rays to a focus point
  • Concave lens (diverging lens): Thinner at center, diverges parallel rays as if coming from a focus point
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Sign Convention and Image Formation

  • Cartesian sign convention: Origin at optical center, measurements along principal axis
  • Object always placed on left side of lens
  • Distances to the right of optical center are positive, to the left are negative
3

Image Formation by Convex Lens

  • Object at infinity: Image at F₂, point size, real and inverted
  • Object beyond 2F₁: Image between F₂ and 2F₂, diminished, real and inverted
  • Object at 2F₁: Image at 2F₂, same size, real and inverted
4

Human Eye and Vision

  • Human eye structure: cornea, iris, pupil, crystalline lens, retina, optic nerve
  • Cornea provides most of the refraction of incoming light
  • Iris controls amount of light entering through pupil

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Convex lenses are thicker atKey terms includeFor convex lensesLens formulaThe eye consists of cornea (transparent

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