Image formation

You are standing in front of a mirror and notice that your image is upright, smaller than you, and appears behind the mirror. What type of mirror are you looking at?

• Concave mirror
  

• Convex mirror
  

• Plane mirror
  

• None of these

In a concave mirror, if an object is placed between the focus (F) and the pole (P), what type of image is formed?

• Real and inverted
  

• Virtual and inverted
  

• Virtual and upright
  

• No image is formed

Which of the following is the best reason why convex mirrors are used as rearview mirrors in vehicles?

• They produce magnified images
  

• They provide a wider field of view
  

• They always produce real images
  

• They reduce glare from headlights

If parallel rays of light fall on a concave mirror, where do they converge after reflection?

• At the center of curvature
  

• At the pole
  

• At the focus
  

• They do not converge

A convex mirror always forms an image that is...

• Larger than the object

• The same size as the object

• Diminished, upright, and virtual

• Real and inverted