Mission RL7: Converging vs. Diverging Lenses

Mission RL7 contrasts converging and diverging lenses in terms of their shape and the manner in which they reflect incoming light rays. The mission consists of 40 questions organized into 10 Question Groups. You must answer one question from each Question Group to complete the mission. The learning outcomes for this mission are ...
 

Learning Outcomes

• The student should be able to identify a lens as being converging or diverging (based on its shape) and relate the shape of the lens to the manner in which light rays refract.
• The student should be able to apply the basic rules of refraction to converging and diverging lenses by predicting the manner in which light will refract.

 

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Getting Help

If you are not familiar with this topic, then you should first learn about the topic using our written Tutorial or our Video Tutorial:
 

The Physics Classroom, Refraction and Lenses Unit, Lesson 5, Part a

The Physics Classroom, Refraction and Lenses Unit, Lesson 5, Part b
 

• How can one tell a converging lens from a diverging lens?
• How will incident rays traveling parallel to the principal axis of a converging lens refract?
• How incident rays passing through the focal point on the way to a converging lens refract?
• How will incident rays traveling parallel to the principal axis of a diverging lens refract?
• How incident rays traveling towards the focal point on the way to a diverging lens refract?

 

Video Tutorials:

Refraction by Lenses

 

 

Question-Specific Help

Each Question Group has its own Help page with information specific to the question. You can access the Help page from within the mission by tapping on the Help Me! icon (textbook). For your convenience, links to those pages are provided below: