Chapter 19: Reflection and Mirrors

The ray nature of light is used to explain how light reflects off of planar and curved surfaces to produce both real and virtual images; the nature of the images produced by plane mirrors, concave mirrors, and convex mirrors is thoroughly illustrated.

Lesson 1: Reflection and its Importance

  1. The Role of Light to Sight
  2. The Line of Sight
  3. The Law of Reflection
  4. Specular vs. Diffuse Reflection

Lesson 2: Image Formation in Plane Mirrors

  1. Why is an Image Formed?
  2. Image Characteristics in Plane Mirrors
  3. Ray Diagrams for Plane Mirrors
  4. What Portion of a Mirror is Required to View an Image?
  5. Right Angle Mirrors
  6. Other Multiple Mirror Systems

Lesson 3: Concave Mirrors

  1. The Anatomy of a Curved Mirror
  2. Reflection of Light and Image Formation
  3. Two Rules of Reflection for Concave Mirrors
  4. Ray Diagrams - Concave Mirrors
  5. Image Characteristics for Concave Mirrors
  6. The Mirror Equation
  7. Spherical Aberration

Lesson 4: Convex Mirrors

  1. Reflection and Image Formation for Convex Mirrors
  2. Ray Diagrams - Convex Mirrors
  3. Image Characteristics for Convex Mirrors
  4. The Mirror Equation - Convex Mirrors
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