Mission RL8: Converging Lenses - Ray Tracing

Mission RL8 targets student's understanding of the refraction of light by converging lenses. The mission consists of 20 questions organized into 6 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 the correct incident and refracted rays in ray diagram for a converging lens.
• The student should be able to identify correctly drawn ray diagrams for converging lenses.

 

Launch Mission RL8

 

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 c

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

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

• What are the three strategic incident rays for a converging lens and how do they refract?
• How does every light ray emerging from the same point refract?
• How can a ray diagram be used to locate the approximate location, relative size, and orientation of an image for a converging lens?
• At what object location will an image not be formed by a converging lens?
• How does the location of an object in front of a converging lens effect the characteristics (location, size, orientation) of the image?

 

Video Tutorials:

Converging Lenses - Ray Diagrams

 

 

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: