Embedded Files
We have prepared 3 groups of questions for you, from easy to hard. When you are finished, you can check your work using the Answer Key linked at the bottom of the page.
⚪Level One: What do you remember?
⚪Level One: What do you remember?
Could you explain the Law of Reflection (The Golden Rule) regarding the relationship between the angle of incidence and the angle of reflection?
View Answer!
2. Image Properties: List the four characteristics of an image formed by a plane mirror using the acronym S.A.L.T.
S: ____________
A: ____________
L: ____________
T: ____________
View Answer!
3. Vocabulary Check: Define the term "Lateral Inversion" in your own words. Give one real-world example of where you might see this.
View Answer!
⚪Level Two: What do you understand?
⚪Level Two: What do you understand?
Draw a neat diagram showing (1) the object, (2) the image, and (3) the ray diagram formed by a plane mirror.
View Answer!
2. If you move 2 meters further away from a plane mirror, explain what happens to the position of your image. Does it get closer, stay the same, or move further away?
View Answer!
3. A light ray strikes a flat mirror so that it makes an angle of 37° with the mirror surface at the point of incidence.
a) What is the angle of incidence?
a) What is the angle of incidence?
b) Using the law of reflection, calculate the angle of reflection.
b) Using the law of reflection, calculate the angle of reflection.
c) Explain why the two angles must be equal.
c) Explain why the two angles must be equal.
View Answer!
A light ray strikes a plane mirror at an angle of 37° to the surface.
⚪Level Three: Can you apply and analyze?
A candle is located near two mirrors, as shown in the figure below. Could you draw a ray diagram showing the location of the image that your eye sees when looking into the left mirror?
View Answer!
Two parallel plane mirrors separated by a distance d, with a candle placed on one side and an observer’s eye positioned above.
2. You are standing 2.0 meters in front of a mirror. You then take 3 steps backward (moving 1.5 meters further away).
Calculate: What is the new total distance between you and your virtual image?
View Answer!
3. A light ray strikes Mirror (1) at an angle of 45° to the normal. The two plane mirrors meet at an angle of 100°, as shown in the diagram.
a) Draw the reflected ray from Mirror (1).
a) Draw the reflected ray from Mirror (1).
Use the law of reflection.
b) After reflecting from Mirror (1), the ray travels toward Mirror (2).
b) After reflecting from Mirror (1), the ray travels toward Mirror (2).
Calculate the angle at which the ray meets Mirror (2).
c) Determine the angle of reflection from Mirror (2).
c) Determine the angle of reflection from Mirror (2).
View Answer!
Two plane mirrors meeting at a 100° angle, with a light ray striking Mirror (1) at 45° to the normal
🏅Last Question:
🏅Last Question:
Can you make a periscope and describe how it works?
A periscope using two plane mirrors set at 45° to redirect light to the observer’s eye.
Page updated
Report abuse