MCAT: OPTICS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

MCAT: OPTICS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.
Are convex lenses converging or diverging? - Answers-converging

Are concave lenses converging or diverging? - Answers-diverging

Are concave mirrors converging or diverging? - Answers-converging

Are convex mirrors converging or diverging? - Answers-diverging

What types of images will plane mirrors always create? - Answers-virtual images;
because the parallel light rays will never converge

Plane Mirrors - Answers-parallel rays remain parallel after reflection

Real image - Answers-light converges at the position of the image

Virtual image - Answers-light does not converge at the image

What does it mean for i to be positive in the context of mirrors? - Answers-real image; in
front of the mirror

What does it mean for i to be negative in the context of mirrors? - Answers-virtual
image; behind the mirror

What does it mean if m is positive? (Mirrors) - Answers-upright image

What does it mean if m is negative? (Mirrors) - Answers-inverted image

What does it mean if ImI is greater than 1? (Mirrors) - Answers-Image is reduced

What does it mean if ImI is less than 1? (Mirrors) - Answers-Image is
enlarged/magnified

What happens if image distance is greater than object distance? (Mirrors) - Answers-
Image is enlarged/magnified

What happens if the image is closer to the mirror than the object? (Mirrors) - Answers-
image is reduced

What image will be formed in a concave mirror when the object is between C and F? -
Answers-Real, inverted, magnified (RIM)