Plane Mirrors
Physics ⇒ Light and Optics
Plane Mirrors starts at 7 and continues till grade 12.
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A periscope uses two plane mirrors. What is the main purpose of using plane mirrors in a periscope?
A person stands 2 meters in front of a plane mirror. How far is the image from the person?
A ray of light hits a plane mirror at 60° to the mirror surface. What is the angle of incidence?
Describe what happens to the direction of light when it strikes a plane mirror at an angle.
Describe what is meant by lateral inversion in a plane mirror.
Explain why a plane mirror does not change the size of the image.
Explain why writing appears reversed in a plane mirror.
Explain why you cannot focus the image from a plane mirror onto a screen.
If a person moves 3 meters away from a plane mirror, how does the distance between the person and their image change?
If a ray of light strikes a plane mirror at an angle of 30° to the normal, what is the angle of reflection?
If the angle of incidence is 45°, what is the angle between the incident ray and the reflected ray?
If you stand 1 meter in front of a plane mirror, how far away does your image appear to be from you?
State the law of reflection.
The distance between an object and a plane mirror is 10 cm. What is the distance between the object and its image?
What happens to the image in a plane mirror if the object moves closer to the mirror?
What is a plane mirror?
What is the minimum height of a plane mirror required for a person to see their full image?
