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Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives. To characterize images in a plane mirror To learn how to locate images in plane mirrors. Images in Plane Mirrors. Writing Reflectively. Complete the “Try This” activity. Try this…. Write your name on small piece of paper Trace it on the back Observe in mirror

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Learning Objectives

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  1. Learning Objectives • To characterize images in a plane mirror • To learn how to locate images in plane mirrors

  2. Images in Plane Mirrors

  3. Writing Reflectively • Complete the “Try This” activity

  4. Try this…. • Write your name on small piece of paper • Trace it on the back • Observe in mirror • What do you see?

  5. Images in Plane Mirrors • Our eyes detect light reflected off a mirror as having travelled in a straight line • Therefore the light appears to be coming from behind the mirror • Therefore the image appears to be behind the mirror • This is called a virtual image

  6. Images in Plane Mirrors • Virtual Image: an image formed by light coming from an apparent light source; light is not arriving at or coming from the actual image location. • It cannot be projected on a screen • You must look at the optical device in order to see a virtual image

  7. Think ….. • Where was the image located with respect to the mirror? • How far was the image from the mirror? • How big was the image compared to the object?

  8. Using Equal Perpendicular Lines to Locate an Image • The distance from the object to the mirror is exactly the same as the distance from the image to the mirror. • The object-image line is perpendicular to the mirror surface.

  9. For Example…. • Draw a sailboat, and then draw its image using perpendicular lines.

  10. Characteristics of an Image in a Plane Mirror • Images undergo a lateral inversion - the orientation is backwards and in reverse order.

  11. Lateral Inversions

  12. ROYGBIV says: • p. 311 Activity 4.8 Drawing Ray Diagrams for Plane Mirrors Complete: What to Do #1 – 4 What Did You Find Out #1 - 3

  13. All images in plane mirrors have many of the same characteristics: • The size of the image is the _______ as the size of the object • The image distance is _______ to the object distance • Images in plane mirrors are always _________ images, located behind the mirror. • Ans: same, equal, virtual

  14. Size Attitude Location Type

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