Plane+Mirrors

=Unit 2 Optics=

Chapter 5 Optical systems make use of mirrors and lenses
5.2 Using Mirrors to Form Images


 * 5.2 Plane Mirrors** page 183

(T) or (F) ||  || (T) or (F) ||  || (T) or (F) ||  || is in front. (T) or (F) ||  || 15) Looking at a mirror sometimes can trick your eye in thinking that the reflection of the object is behind the mirror. What's an example of one? ||  || Pictures:
 * Questions: || Answers: ||
 * 1) What is a plane mirror? ||  ||
 * 2) Why is the reflection of the object on the plane mirror the same size as the object? ||  ||
 * 3) What can mirrors do? ||  ||
 * 4) In what way do objects reflected from a mirror differ from the original object? ||  ||
 * 5) Why is it that objects are flipped but we see them straight up? ||  ||
 * 6) Light travels in lines. ||  ||
 * 7) Where do reflection points come from? ||  ||
 * 8) How can we see what is reflected on the mirror? ||  ||
 * 9) The points of the reflection are exactly the same distance apart in hte image as they are on the object.
 * 10) A plane mirror produces an image with a different orientation as the object.
 * 11) Some mirrors reflect light according to the law of reflection.
 * 12) Plane mirrors form an image that is upright and appears to be as far behind the mirror as the object
 * 13) How do reflected rays form an image taht we can see in a mirror? ||  ||
 * 14) What does your brain do when you are looking at a mirror?