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What do eyeglasses do to light before it enters the eye?
bend it They bend the light so that the cornea and (eye) lens may focus the light on the retina.
Why does the glasses's lens get thicker if your eyesight gets bad?
Eyeglasses refract light to correct for problems with the eyes. As the light needs to be bent more, the glass needs to be thicker to make the light bend farther.
What kind of lens would let you focus the sun rays light to start a fire?
A convex lens would focus sunlight to the point that it could start a fire.
How does light travel through the retina and explain how light is focused for distant and close vision?
light is focused onto the retina, which is made up of light sensitive cells called rods and cones. THey detect this incident light energy and then convert it into signals, which are sent to the brain. In order to focus on near or far objects, the lens in our eyes is suspended my ciliary muscles. when we focus on something far away, they pull the lens flat as the light has more time to bend, do doesn't need to be bent as much. Therefore, with objects upclose, the muscles cause the lens to relax and become fatter, bending the light drastically to focus the image
What happens when light travels through the lens of a telescope?
The light or image is focused at a different position relative to the real position of the emitting light. This is dependent on the type of lens.
What happens when light passes through a concave lens and a convex lens?
The light is delayed longer by the thicker part of the lens than by the thinner part of the lens. This results in the following:convex lens, light rays bend towards the axis of the lensconcave lens, light rays bend away from the axis of the lens
Why does the light bend as it goes through the lens?
Because the lens is curved.
What is used to bend light in binoculars?
A lens
What happens when light passes through lens?
The light refracts or bend .
Is light bends when it passes through a convex lens?
No it do not bend.
What do eyeglasses do to light before it enters the eye?
bend it They bend the light so that the cornea and (eye) lens may focus the light on the retina.
Modern microscope that use lenses to bend?
Modern microscope that use lenses to bend light or images. The magnification occurs by precise lens grinding that bends light across the surface of the lens.
What is concave lens?
a lens that caves in like this )( as opposed to convex which puffs out like this (). a concave lens. it is used to bend and focus light
A converging lens changes the direction of light through the process of?
A converging lens changes the direction of light through the process of refraction. A lens is a device that uses refraction to bend light to form an image.
Contraction of the ciliary muscle causes the lens to bend the light less?
false
Does a concave lens bend light to make the objects appear larger?
yes it does
What part of the eye functions to bend light rays?
The Lens is the part of the eye that bends light rays .
