Lesson 8 — The law of reflection

The law of reflection
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The law of reflection

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This lesson
  • Recap
  • The law of reflection
  • worksheet

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Learning goals
  • Explain the difference between a virtual and a real image
  • Explain what incident ray, reflected ray, angle of incidence and angle of reflection mean
  • Describe the law of reflection
  • Be able to construct ray diagrams using the law of reflection

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Recap

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A plane mirror
  • A regular flat mirror
  • Plane refers to it being a flat plane, instead of curved
  • Laterally inverts images

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Lateral inversion
The reversal of mirror image where the right side of the object appears on the left side behind the mirror.

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The formation of a mirror image

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Virtual and real
 images

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regular and diffuse reflection

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The law of reflection

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The law of reflectgiojn
  • Incident ray
  • Reflected ray
  • Angle of incidence
  • Angle of reflection
  • Normal line


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The law of reflection

Demonstration

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The worksheet

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Learning goals
  • Explain the difference between a virtual and a real image
  • Explain what incident ray, reflected ray, angle of incidence and angle of reflection mean
  • Describe the law of reflection
  • Be able to construct ray diagrams using the law of reflection

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