MIrrors and lenses

Mirrors and Lenses

Mirrors

• REFLECT light

• Light bounces off at the same angle it enters

Multiple Choice

Mirrors____ light.

• Refract

• Reflect

• Absorb

• Diffract

Multiple Choice

If light strikes a plane mirror at a 45^o angle, what angle will it reflect?

• 145^o

• 90^o

• 45^o

• 180^o

Types of Mirrors

• Concave

• Convex

• Plane

Concave Mirror

• Curves INWARD

• Images are upside down

• Used in...Makeup mirrors, dental equipment, car headlights

• Light converges or comes together​

Convex Mirror

• Curves OUTWARD

• Images are smaller than actual size

• Used in...passenger car mirror, stores (for security)

• Light diverge or spread out.​

Plane Mirror

• FLAT

• Images are opposite

Multiple Choice

Which type of mirror is curved outward?

• Concave

• Convex

• Plane

Multiple Choice

Which type of mirror is curved inward?

• Concave

• Convex

• Plane

Multiple Choice

Which type of mirror is flat?

• Concave

• Convex

• Plane

Multiple Choice

Which type of mirror is this?

• Concave

• Convex

• Plane

Multiple Choice

Which type of mirror is this?

• Concave

• Convex

• Plane

Multiple Choice

Which type of mirror is this?

• Concave

• Convex

• Plane

Lenses

• REFRACT light

• Light bends as it passes through a different medium

Multiple Choice

Lenses____ light.

• Refract

• Reflect

• Absorb

• Diffract

Multiple Choice

As the light passes through this prism it is refracted. This means---

• It bounces back to make colors

• It is absorbed into the air

• It bends based on the color's wavelength

Types of Lenses

• Concave

• Convex

Concave lenses

• Curve INWARD

• Divereges orspreads out light

• Used in....binoculars, spy hole in doors, flashlights, and glasses

Convex lenses

• Curves OUTWARD

• Focuses light together or converges

• Used in....YOUR EYE, magnifying glasses, telescopes, Microscopes, glasses

Multiple Choice

Which type of lens is curved outward?

• Concave

• Convex

Multiple Choice

Which type of lens is curved inward?

• Concave

• Convex

Multiple Choice

Which type of lens is this?

• Concave

• Convex

Multiple Choice

Which type of lens is this?

• Concave

• Convex

Multiple Choice

Which type of lens is this?

• Concave

• Convex

Multiple Choice

Which type of lens is this? (Curved outward)

• Concave

• Convex

Multiple Choice

Which type of lens is this? (Curved inward)

• Concave

• Convex