This lesson contains 28 slides, with text slides and 1 video.
Items in this lesson
Reflection
6.4 + 6.5
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This lesson
Intro reflection
Plane mirror
Virtual Vs real image
Law of reflection
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Goals
Explain why the image in a mirror is reversed
Describe what is meant by an image
Explain what is meant by a real and a virtual image
Define the law of reflection
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Reflection
What comes to mind?
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Reflection
Definition of Reflection
When a light ray is obstructed by any solid surface it will reflect back from the surface, as it cannot pass through the surface.
Light ray will be reflected with the same angle with which it is falling on the surface.
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Ray diagram
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6.4
Plane mirror
Image — Virtual image - real image
Ray diagram
Types of reflection
6.5
The law of reflection
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Plane mirror
A flat mirror
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Plane mirror
A plane mirror is a smooth or highly polished surface that reflects the light or wave for the formation of an image. It is a flat, polished, and reflective surface that produces a virtual image of the real object.
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Images in plane mirrors
plane mirrors produce images with a number of distinguishable characteristics. Images formed by plane mirrors are virtual, upright, left-right reversed, the same distance from the mirror as the object's distance, and the same size as the object.
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Why the image in plane mirror is laterally reversed
The light rays which come from the object get reflected from the plane mirror and reaches our eyes. At this point of time our brain feels that the reflected ray is coming from inside the mirror. This is the reason why the object seems to be laterally inverted.
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Plane Mirror demonstration
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Lateral inversion
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Image
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Image
Virtual image
Real image
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Real vs virtual image
Virtual image — projected by the brain (intangible)
Real image — light reflected on a tangible object
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6.4
Plane mirror
Image — Virtual image - real image
Ray diagram
Types of reflection
6.5
The law of reflection
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The law of reflection
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Phet simulation
Search for: Phet bending Light
Use the book and the simulation together to define the law of reflection — write down your definition
