REFLECTION OF LIGHT

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
 Identify the features of a mirror image
 Describe how images are formed in a plane mirror.
 Use the laws of reflection to Perform simple constructions, measurements and
calculations for reflection by plane mirrors.
KEY WORDS
Reflection Angle of incidence
Angle of reflection

Incident ray Real

Reflected ray Virtual

Normal Lateral inversion

 Knowledge check
• What is reflection of wave?
• What are the laws of reflection?
 STARTER

• How does a mirror create an identical image of the person in

front of it?
 What are the features of a mirror image?
• The same size as the object
• The same distance behind the mirror as the object is in front of it.
• Directly in line with the object
• Left – right reversed (laterally inverted)
Where is the image formed in a Plane Mirror?
How is the image formed in a Plane Mirror?
How is the image formed in a Plane Mirror?
 Where is the image in a Plane Mirror?

The image in the mirror

looks the same as the
object, but it is laterally
inverted (left to right).
 CRITICAL THINKING

Why dotted lines are used to show the image?

Does the image really exist?
Can you catch the image in a screen?
• No rays of light from the bulb reach the spot where
image is formed.
• The image doesn’t really exist.
• It is a Virtual image – it cannot be obtained on the
screen.
 *Virtual vs. Real Images
In the case of plane mirrors, the image is said to be
a virtual image.
Virtual images are images that are formed in locations
where light does not actually reach.
 RAY DIAGRAMS

• Ray diagrams are used to predict the position of images in mirrors,

lenses, or other optical devices.
Construction of Ray diagram for a plane mirror
using the laws of reflection
 Step 1

• Draw a line to represent the mirror and indicate its reflecting surface by drawing
short lines on the back. Mark the position of the object O.
 Step 2

• Draw two rays from O to the mirror. Where they strike the mirror, draw in the
normal lines.
 Step 3
• Using a protractor, measure the angle of incidence for each ray.
Mark the equal angle of reflection.
 Step 4

• Draw in the reflected rays, and extend them back behind the mirror. The point
where they cross is where the image is formed. Label this point I.
 PLENARY

Why is AMBULANCE written laterally

inverted on an Ambulance van?
PLENARY
 Experiment to locate the image formed by a plane
mirror
HOME Candle tea light
ASSIGNMENT r
Mirro

Using the given apparatus plan

an experiment to locate the
Paper
image formed by a plane mirror
 Experiment to locate the image formed by a plane
mirror
• https://youtu.be/YEDFxjpTF5M

WRITING INSTRUCTIONS
• AIM
• APPARATUS
• METHOD
• OBSERVATIONS AND FINDINGS.
• RAY DIAGRAMS
• CONCLUSION