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1. Angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection.
2. The incident ray, the reflected ray, and the normal all lie in the same plane. |
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| Reflection of light off a smooth surface. (ie. still water, flat piece of aluminum foil, disco mirror ball) |
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| Reflection of light off an irregular or dull surface |
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| Contrast of white paper and black text makes reading difficult. |
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| An image formed by light coming from an apparent light source; light is not arriving at or coming from the actual image location. |
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| Two observations about a plane mirror: |
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1. Distance from object and mirror is exactly the same distance from image to mirror.
2. The object-image line is perpendicular to mirror surface. |
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S. Size of image (same size, smaller, larger)
A. Attitude (upright or inverted)
L. Location of image.
T. Type of image (real or virtual) |
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| Concave (converging) mirror |
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| A mirror shaped like part of the surface of a sphere in which the inner surface is reflective |
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| Convex (diverging) mirror |
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| A mirror shaped like part of the surface of a sphere in which the outer surface is reflective. |
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| The centre of the sphere whose surface has been used to make the mirror |
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| The line through the centre of curvature to the midpoint of the mirror |
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| The point where the principal axis meets the mirror. |
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| To meet at a common point. |
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| The point at which light rays parallel to the principal axis converge when they are reflected off a concave mirror. |
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| An image that can be seen on a screen as a result of light rays actually arriving at the image location. |
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