Plane Mirrors
Physics ⇒ Light and Optics
Plane Mirrors starts at 7 and continues till grade 12.
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A pencil is placed in front of a plane mirror. If the pencil is 15 cm from the mirror, where will its image appear to be?
A person is standing 3 m in front of a plane mirror. If the person moves 1 m away from the mirror, what is the new distance between the person and their image?
A person stands 2 m in front of a plane mirror. How far is the person from their image?
A ray of light strikes a plane mirror at an angle of 45° to the normal. What is the angle between the incident ray and the reflected ray?
A pencil is placed in front of a plane mirror. If the pencil is 15 cm from the mirror, where will its image appear to be?
A person is standing 3 m in front of a plane mirror. If the person moves 1 m away from the mirror, what is the new distance between the person and their image?
A ray of light strikes a plane mirror at an angle of 45° to the normal. What is the angle between the incident ray and the reflected ray?
Describe the path of a light ray that strikes a plane mirror at an angle of 20° to the normal.
Which law explains the reflection of light from a plane mirror?
(1) Law of Refraction
(2) Law of Reflection
(3) Snell's Law
(4) Newton's Law
Which of the following best describes the image formed by a plane mirror?
(1) Real and inverted
(2) Virtual and upright
(3) Real and upright
(4) Virtual and inverted
Which of the following best describes the orientation of the image formed by a plane mirror?
(1) Upright
(2) Inverted
(3) Enlarged
(4) Diminished
Which of the following devices uses two plane mirrors to allow a person to see over an obstacle?
(1) Microscope
(2) Periscope
(3) Telescope
(4) Binoculars
Fill in the blank: The angle of incidence is equal to the angle of _________.
Fill in the blank: The image formed by a plane mirror cannot be ________ on a screen.
Fill in the blank: The image formed by a plane mirror is always ________ (real/virtual).
Fill in the blank: The image formed by a plane mirror is as far ________ the mirror as the object is in front of it.
True or False: The image formed by a plane mirror can be projected onto a screen.
True or False: The image formed by a plane mirror is always at the same distance behind the mirror as the object is in front of it.
True or False: The image formed by a plane mirror is always at the same height as the object.
True or False: The image formed by a plane mirror is always behind the mirror.
