Curved mirrors

What kind of mirror is shown?

A person views his image in front of a mirror. His image is virtual, upright, and smaller than him. What kind of mirror is he using?

• plane

• concave

• convex

Which of these mirrors will ALWAYS form a virtual image?

• plane and concave mirror

• plane mirror only

• convex mirror only

• convex and plane mirror

Virtual image is always upright, formed by the convergence of actual reflected light rays, and smaller than the object.

• True

• False

The following statements describes a real image EXCEPT _________

• Formed by the actual convergence of reflected light rays

• Always larger than the object

• Can be projected on a screen

• Always inverted

Which image is REAL?

• Image of cars on a side view mirror

• Image of your face in front of a make up mirror

• Image of a sink on bathroom mirror

• Image of your hand in front of a large metal spoon

A ray of light parallel to the principal axis will be reflected passing through the _________________ of a concave mirror.

A ray of light parallel to the principal axis will be reflected passing through the _________________ of a concave mirror.

The image of an object as formed by a plane mirror is located ____.

• in front of the mirror surface

• on the mirror surface

• behind the mirror surface

• any of the above, depending on the object's locaiton

Type of mirror used as a side mirror on a vehicle to provide a wide angle view...

• Plane

• Convex

• Concave