Class 10 Science - Chapter Light - Reflection and Refraction NCERT Solutions | Define 1 dioptre of power of a lens.

One-half of a convex lens is covered with a black paper. Will this lens produce a complete image of the object? Verify your answer experimentally. Explain your observations.

Find out, from Table 10.3, the medium having highest optical density. Also find the medium with lowest optical density.

     Table 10.3 Absolute refractive index of some material media

An object 5 cm in length is held 25 cm away from a converging lens of focal length 10 cm. Draw the ray diagram and find the position, size and the nature of the image formed.

An object 5.0 cm in length is placed at a distance of 20 cm in front of a convex mirror of radius of curvature 30 cm. Find the position of the image, its nature and size.

You are given kerosene, turpentine and water. In which of these does the light travel fastest? Use the information given in Table 10.3.

A convex lens forms a real and inverted image of a needle at a distance of 50 cm from it. Where is the needle placed in front of the convex lens if the image is equal to the size of the object? Also, find the power of the lens.

Find the focal length of a convex mirror whose radius of curvature is 32 cm.

The magnification produced by a plane mirror is +1. What does this mean?

Find the focal length of a lens of power – 2.0 D. What type of lens is this?

Name the type of mirror used in the following situations.

(a) Headlights of a car.
(b) Side/rear-view mirror of a vehicle.
(c) Solar furnace.

Support your answer with reason.

Did Döbereiner’s triads also exist in the columns of Newlands’ Octaves? Compare and find out.

What is a good source of energy?

Why is diffusion insufficient to meet the oxygen requirements of multi-cellular organisms like humans?

What are trophic levels? Give an example of a food chain and state the different trophic levels in it.

What changes can you make in your habits to become more environment-friendly?

What is the difference between a reflex action and walking?

What is the importance of DNA copying in reproduction?

If a trait A exists in 10% of a population of an asexually reproducing species and a trait B exists in 60% of the same population, which trait is likely to have arisen earlier?

Why should a magnesium ribbon be cleared before burning in air?

You have been provided with three test tubes. One of them contains distilled water and the other two contain an acidic solution and a basic solution, respectively. If you are given only red litmus paper, how will you identify the contents of each test tube?

Name

(a) three elements that have a single electron in their outermost shells.
(b) two elements that have two electrons in their outermost shells.
(c) three elements with filled outermost shells.

On what basis would you classify energy sources as

(a) renewable and non-renewable?
(b) exhaustible and inexhaustible?

Are the options given in (a) and (b) the same?

What is meant by saying that the potential difference between two points is 1 V?

Why are the small numbers of surviving tigers a cause of worry from the point of view of genetics?

How are the alveoli designed to maximise the exchange of gases?

Element X forms a chloride with the formula XCl₂, which is a solid with a high melting point. X would most likely be in the same group of the Periodic Table as

     (a) Na     (b) Mg     (c) AI     (d) Si

Explain why the planets do not twinkle.

Explain the formation of scum when hard water is treated with soap.

While cooking, if the bottom of the vessel is getting blackened on the outside, it means that

(a) the food is not cooked completely.
(b) the fuel is not burning completely.
(c) the fuel is wet.
(d) the fuel is burning completely.

How does our body respond when adrenaline is secreted into the blood?