How much do you know about reflection of light?

What is reflection?

• Bouncing of light off an object

• Light passing through an object

What is an incident ray?

• incoming ray of light that hits an object

• ray of light reflected off an object

What is a reflected ray?

• incoming ray of light that hits an object

• ray of light reflected off an object

What is the angle of incidence?

• angle between incident ray and normal

• angle between reflected ray and normal

What is the angle of reflection?

• angle between incident ray and normal

• angle between reflected ray and normal

The image that is formed in a plane mirror is ______________.

• upright

• inverted

The image that is formed in a plane mirror is ______________.

• smaller than the object

• same size as object

• bigger than the object

The image that is formed in a plane mirror is ______________.

• can be captured on a screen [aka real].

• cannot be captured on a screen [aka virtual].

The image that is formed in a plane mirror is ______________.

• laterally inverted [left becomes right, right becomes left]

• totally inverted

The distance between the object and the mirror is ________ the distance between the image and the mirror.

• smaller than

• the same as

• bigger than