Question

18.A boy fixes a magnifying lens to a plant and goes out to play.After some time the dry leaves fallen found to be burnt what is the cause for this
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Answer 1

Magnifying lenses when kept under light, magnifies the light and increases the heat falling on the lens, due to magnification of the light heat produced have too much temperature and hence the result is the dry leaves get burnt.

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