Physics (5th Edition)
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Author: James S. Walker
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Chapter 28, Problem 52PCE
Predict/Explain (a) In principle, do your eyes have greater resolution on a dark cloudy day or on a bright sunny day? (b) Choose the best explanation from among the following:
- I. Your eyes have greater resolution on a cloudy day because your pupils are open wider to allow more light to enter the eye.
- II. Your eyes have greater resolution on a sunny day because the bright light causes your pupil to narrow down to a smaller opening.
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The lens of your eye changes to focus on objects at different distances; your eye’s pupil changes to adapt to different light levels. This causes changes in your vision as well. Suppose you are in a dark movie theater, with your pupils fully dilated to 8.0 mm in diameter. Now you emerge into the bright daylight, and your pupils quickly contract to 2.0 mm in diameter.
When your pupil contracts, how does this affect the angular resolution of your eye?A. The resolution increases.B. The resolution does not change.C. The resolution decreases.
The resolving power of a refracting telescope increases with the diameter of the spherical objective lens. In
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O e. The spherical objective lens should be replaced by a paraboloidal objective lens beyond a 1-m
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In the process of accommodation:
O the lens changes shape to focus light waves from objects at different distances on the retina.
O the iris changes the size of the pupil to increase or decrease the amount of light entering the eye.
O the cornea changes shape to focus light waves from objects at different distances on the retina
the lens changes shape to increase or decrease the amount of light entering the eye.
Chapter 28 Solutions
Physics (5th Edition)
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