science Flashcards
a light strikes a surface
reflection of light
bouncing back of light
reflection
ray that strikes the surface
incident ray
a ray that rebounds from the surface
reflected ray
angle between the incident and the normal ray
angle of incident
the angle between the reflected and normal ray
angle of reflection
any surface that is smooth enough to produce a regular reflection of light
mirror
a smooth and completely flat mirrored surface
plane mirror
a mirror that is curved and a constant radius of curvature
spherical mirror
images formed by —— are always virtual, uprigth, the same size as the object, same distance, and laterally reversed
plane mirrors
this type of mirrors formed by a concave mirror from that form by a convex mirror
spherical
it is the center of the sphere from where the mirror was taken
center of curvature(C)
IT IS THE RADIUS OF THE SPHERE IT IS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE c and V
rdius of curvature(R)
the center of the mirror
vertex(V)
straight line joining C AND V
principal axis