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.
