reflection Flashcards
Regular Reflection
light reflects in a regular way
Irregular Reflection
light reflects in a iregular way
incident ray
The light ray going towards the surface
reflected ray
The light ray leaving the surface
angle of incident
The angle between the incident ray and the normal
angle of reflection
The angle between the reflected ray and the normal
the law of reflection
The angle of incidence = The angle of reflection
convex mirrors
mirror on the outside of the curve
virtual focal point
concave mirrors
mirror on the inside of the curve
focal point
inverted image
focal point
waves meet after reflection or refraction
real image
An image formed where light rays meet
virtual image
An image from which the light rays appear to meet but do not
colour order of the visible light
red orange yellow green blue indigo violet (ROY G BIV)
What is lateral inversion?
when the image reflected is flipped upside down
