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Class 10 · Science · Science

10. The Human Eye and the Colourful World

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The ability of the eye lens to adjust its focal length is called

Answer and explanation

Answer: A. accommodation

Ciliary muscles change the lens shape so both near and far objects can be seen clearly.

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Splitting of white light into its colours by a prism is called

Answer and explanation

Answer: A. dispersion

Each colour bends by a different amount, so a spectrum forms.

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Myopia (short-sightedness) is corrected using a

Answer and explanation

Answer: B. concave lens

A diverging (concave) lens moves the image back onto the retina.

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