Light Part 2

Question 1

Characteristics of an optical image formed by a plane mirror

Answer 1

•The image us laterally inverted left to right, up and down
•The image is upright
•Virtual image is the same size as the actual object
•Distance from the object to the mirror is the same to the distance
•angle of incidence

Question 2

State the law of reflection

Answer 2

The angle of incidence and the angle of reflection is always equal/always the same size

The incident Ray,the reflected Ray and the normal line all lies on the same place

Nb! An image cannot be seen when the angle of incidence and angle of reflection are not equal

Question 3

Regular reflection

Answer 3

•Angle of incidence is equal to angle of reflection
•parallel incident rays are reflected parallel to each other, eg, reflection by a plane mirror