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Assessment

Light and Reflection

Section Quiz: Flat Mirrors
Write the letter of the correct answer in the space provided.

______ 1. Which of the following statements is not true about the reflection
of light?
a. All substances absorb at least some incoming light and reflect
the rest.
b. Perfect reflectors are common.
c. The manner in which light is reflected from a surface depends on
the surface’s smoothness.
d. No surface is a perfect reflector.

______ 2. What type of light reflection occurs when light is reflected from a
rough, textured surface?
a. diverse
b. variegated
c. specular
d. diffuse

______ 3. In how many directions is light reflected from a smooth surface?

a. one
b. two
c. multiple
d. infinite

______ 4. According to the law of reflection, the angle of incidence is

the angle of reflection.
a. less than
b. equal to
c. greater than
d. always twice

______ 5. The normal to the surface is drawn to the surface.

a. parallel
b. tangential
c. perpendicular
d. none of the above

______ 6. What is used in order to predict the location of an image?

a. simple geometry
b. the law of reflection
c. ray diagrams
d. all of the above

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Light and Reflection continued

______ 7. For a flat mirror, object distance ( p) is always image

distance (q).
a. less than
b. equal to
c. greater than
d. half the

______ 8. What is the least number of rays needed to locate an image formed by
a flat mirror?
a. one
b. two
c. four
d. depends on the object

9. What type of image does a flat mirror form? Why?

10. Draw a ray diagram for a 4 cm long pencil located 20 cm in front of a flat
mirror. On the drawing, be sure to label object, image, object distance ( p),
and image distance (q).

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