SCIENCE 10

You should be able to:

1. Relate the Laws of Reflection to image
formation in mirrors;
2. Predict the qualitative characteristics by the
OBJECTIVES different types of mirrors; and
3. Identify ways in which the properties of
mirrors and lenses determine their use in
optical instruments.
 1. A ray of light is incident on a flat surface, making an
angle of 10º with that surface (a) What is the angle of
incidence? (b) What is the angle of reflection? (c)
What is angle from incident ray and reflected ray?
Given: 10º from the surface

PROBLEM 1
 2. Find the angle of between the incident ray to the
surface if the angle of reflection is 55˚
Given: 55˚ = angle of reflection

PROBLEM 2
 3. A ray of light is incident on a surface at 60 ̊ from the
normal. Find the angle between the incident and reflected
rays.
Given: 60˚ = angle of incidence

PROBLEM 3
 4. Light is incident on a flat surface, making an angle of
38˚ from that surface. What is the angle between the
incident ray and the surface from the reflected rays
Given: 38˚ = from the surface

PROBLEM 4
 5. Light is incident on a flat surface, making an angle of
36˚ from that surface. What is the angle between the
incident and the reflected rays?
Given: 36˚ = from the surface

PROBLEM 5
 MIRROR is any surface that is smooth enough
to produce a regular reflection of light incident
upon it.

MIRRORS and
REFLECTION OF
LIGHT
 PLANE MIRROR – with flat surface

TYPES OF
MIRRORS SPHERICAL – has a reflecting surface taken from the surface of
a sphere (CONCAVE or CONVEX)
TYPES OF
MIRRORS

PLANE CONCAVE CONVEX

 REAL IMAGE is formed by actual intersection of
reflected rays. It is formed and is always upside
down relative to the object.
VIRTUAL IMAGE is formed behind the mirror
and is upright relative to the object. There is no
PLANE actual intersection.
MIRROR
IMAGES
 Images formed by virtual mirror are always
virtual, upright, the same size as the object,
LOCATED AT THE SAME DISTANCE, and
laterally reversed.

PLANE
MIRROR
IMAGES
 Images formed by virtual mirror are always
virtual, upright, the same size as the object,
LOCATED AT THE SAME DISTANCE, and
laterally reversed.

PLANE
MIRROR
IMAGES
 Plane mirrors in a beauty salon are arranged in such a way
that they face each other. Suppose that the two mirrors are
2.0 m apart and an object is placed 0.5 m from one of the
mirrors. Find the distances of the first image formed by
each mirror.

MIRROR 1 MIRROR 2

SAMPLE IMAGE M1
OBJECT
IMAGE M2

PROBLEM 1

0.5 m 0.5 m 1.5 m 1.5 m

2.0 m
 Plane mirrors A and B face each other. An object is placed
somewhere between them. A forms an image of the object
30 cm behind it. B forms an image of the object 90 cm
behind it. How far apart are the two mirrors?

MIRROR A MIRROR B

SAMPLE IMAGE MA
OBJECT
IMAGE MB

PROBLEM 2

30cm 30cm 90cm 90cm

120cm
 Go to LESSON 6 of your MATERIALS in
SCHOOLOGY. Look for ACTIVITY 9 and answer
the given problem set.
ACTIVITY 9:
PLANE
MIRROR
IMAGES
CLOSING
PRAYER