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Match the columns in the following table and explain them. Farsightedness Nearby object can be seen clearly bifocal lens

Question 1.

Match the columns in the following table and explain them.



Answer:


(i) Farsightedness


● It is also known as Hypermetropia.


● In this defect of vision, the closer objects are blurred


● It occurs due to the flat cornea or due to the incorrect curvature of the eye lens.


(ii) Nearsightedness


● It is also known as Myopia


● In this defect vision of distant objects are blurred.


● It occurs due to due to defect in eye lens as the image is formed in front of the retina and not on it.


● It is most common types of an eye defect.