Lesson 8 — The law of reflection

• Law of reflection
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

The law of reflection

This lesson

• Recap
  
• The law of reflection
• worksheet

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

Recap

A plane mirror

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

Lateral inversion

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

The formation of a mirror image

Virtual and real

 images

regular and diffuse reflection

The law of reflection

Link

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• Incident ray
• Reflected ray
• Angle of incidence
• Angle of reflection
• Normal line

The law of reflection

Demonstration

The worksheet

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