Optics Quiz

How is the angle of incidence of a light ray related to the angle of reflection?

What type of image does a plane mirror form?

What types of image can be produced by a concave mirror? A convex mirror?

How are real images different from virtual images?

If you place an object 10 cm from a particular concave mirror, a virtual image forms behind the mirror. What can you infer about the focal point of the mirror?

If you look inside the bowl of a shiny metal spoon, your image is upside down. If you look at the outside of the spoon’s bowl, your image is right side up. Explain.

What causes light rays to bend?

Why can concave lenses only form one type of image?

What type of images are formed by concave lenses? By convex lenses?

How is a convex lens different from a concave lens? How are they the same?