the light rays hit the piece of glass and the surface of the glass causes it to refract
A lens
A lens
A prism- can be made of glass or plastic
A light ray refracts as it enters a piece of glass because the speed of light changes as it moves from one medium (air) to another (glass), causing it to bend. This change in speed is due to the difference in the optical density of air and glass, which causes the light ray to change direction at the boundary between the two mediums.
The curvature of a lens causes incoming light to bend or refract at different angles, focusing or diverging the light rays to create images. This bending is due to the varying thickness of the lens, which changes the speed of light passing through it. A flat piece of glass does not have the same effect on light because it does not cause the same degree of refraction or focusing.
Lens.
It's called a concave lens.
It's called a concave lens.
When light passes through a flat piece of glass, like a window, the light is refracted at both surfaces, but the exiting ray of light is parallel to the entering ray and hence the light's path is not really changed.
The curve in a lens causes light rays to either converge or diverge, which leads to refraction. In a convex lens, the curved shape causes the light rays to converge, focusing them to a point. In a concave lens, the light rays diverge, spreading out as they pass through the lens.
A piece of glass with one or two spherical surfaces is called a lens. Lenses are commonly used in optics to refract light and focus images.
A lens is a piece of curved glass that causes light rays to converge or diverge to create a focused image. Lens are commonly used in optical devices such as cameras, glasses, and microscopes to manipulate and focus light.