Making A Telescope Physics Worksheet
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STUDENT RESOURCE 5.3
Making a Telescope
ACTIVITY SHEET
Experiment 1
1
Look at an object across the room.
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Hold the larger lens of a magnifier right
up to your eye.
3
Hold a second magnifier about 30 cm
in front of you. Look through the
Line of
smaller lens.
sight
4
Slowly move the second, smaller lens closer until
you can see the object clearly. Note how large the
object appears.
Experiment 2
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Now hold the smaller lens of a magnifier
right up to your eye.
6
Hold a second magnifier about 30 cm
in front of you. Look through the
Line of
larger lens at the same object.
sight
7
Slowly move the second, larger lens closer until you
can see the object clearly.
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In which experiment did the object appear larger?
LIGHT • SECTION 5 LENSES AND REFRACTION
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