Light and Mirrors

What is the distance of your image from you if you stand 1.5 m in front of a plane mirror?

• 1.5 m

• 2.0 m

• 3.0 m

• 4.5 m

Zed stands 1.5-m tall in front of a plane mirror. What is the height of his image?

• 4.5 m

• 3.0 m

• 2.0 m

• 1.5 m

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A light ray, travelling parallel to a concave mirror's axis, strikes the mirror's surface. The reflected ray _________.

• passes through the mirror's focal point

• again travels parallel to the mirror's axis

• travels at right angles to the mirror's axis

• passes through the mirror's center of curvature

What kind of mirror is used in automobiles and trucks to give the driver a wider area and smaller image of traffic behind him?

• plane mirror

• convex mirror

• concave mirror

• none of the above

What type of mirror do dentists usually use to see clearly the images of our teeth?

• plane mirror

• convex mirror

• concave mirror

• none of the above

You see your face clearly if you look down on a pool of still water. Which one of the following statements give the best explanation for this observation?

• Light entering the water is dispersed.

• Regular reflection of light happens on the surface of still water.

• Irregular reflection of light happens on the surface of still water.

• Light is reflected from the surface of water in different directions.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Which of the following optical instruments will be used to produce a reduced and inverted image of a distant object?

• camera

• projector

• microscope

• refracting telescope

a mirror with a surface that curves inward like the inside of a bowl

• concave mirror
• convex mirror
• plane mirror
• flat mirror

An image that forms where light seems to come from a point but light rays don't actually meet is a 

• virtual image
• real image
• Inverted Image
• Pizza

Convex Mirrors produce...

• only virtual images
• virtual or real images
• only real images
• inverted images