1. mirrors

2. What is a plane mirror?
Its a plain mirror! (But called a plane mirror...)
Its a FLAT and SMOOTH mirror, like many in your home.
The reflection should be the
same as the object!

3. Plane Mirrors
In a plane mirror, we are the same height, and we appear to be the same distance away on the other side of the mirror.
The image should be a more
accurate reflection than this!

4. Left or Right?
In a plane mirror, your right arm looks like your left, and your left arm looks like your right.

5. SO..... Images in a plane mirror are: Oriented properly Reversed
Same size
Same distance

6. How do we see images in a plane mirror?
1. Light hits an object.
2. Light reflects off the object in all directions, hitting the mirror as well.
3. Light rays then reflect off of the mirror, and this is what our eyes see
4. But the object seems to be coming from behind the mirror.....
WHY???????

7. Our brain thinks light always travels in a straight line!
Since the light rays seem
to be coming straight from
behind the mirror, the object
also seems to be coming
from behind the mirror.

8. CONCAVE Mirrors Curve inward (like in a cave!)
Reflect light, but differently
Light rays reflect
and then converge
together at a
focal point.
This is called
CONVERGING

9. Only Draw 2 Lines to Find Image!
Draw a line from the object to the mirror, and then through the focal point
Draw a second line from the object through the focal point to the mirror, and then reflect off straight outwards

10. CONCAVE
The image will depend on how close the object is to the focal point
Object far
away from
focal point,
image is
small and
upside down

11. CONCAVE
If the object is close to the focal point, the object will be upside down but larger.

12. CONCAVE
If the object is inside of the focal point, the object will be virtual, on the other side of the mirror. It will also be large and upright!

13. Why use concave mirrors?
If bright light is placed at the focal point, all of the light rays will reflect off of the mirror in parallel rays. This will produce super INTENSE light!
This can be used for:
Lighthouses
Spotlights
Car Headlights
Telescopes

14. CONVEX MIRRORS Convex mirrors bend outwards Parallel light rays hit
a convex mirror and
then reflect in a
direction as if they
came from behind
the mirror.

15. They are DIVERGING!
The light rays are diverging, rather than converging.

16. Images
Images in convex mirrors will always be:
Smaller
Upright

17. 2 Cool Things Objects will ALWAYS be smaller than they appear
You will always see WAY MORE images than any other kind of mirror

18. Uses?
Security Camera
Review Mirror
Staircases
Corners
Decorative

19. Ray Diagram for CONVEX
Convex is more difficult to draw, because all of the lines are DIVERGING. The only come together at a point behind the mirror

20. Draw 2 Lines
Draw the first line parallel to the mirror, and the pretend you are drawing down to the focal point
Draw the second line as if you were going to the focal point, but then bounce back off the mirror in a parallel line
Extend ALL lines until they cross!