
Understand Convex Mirrors: Student Notes and Characteristics
Explore the characteristics of convex mirrors and learn how incident rays behave when interacting with them. Discover how to predict images formed in convex mirrors with detailed explanations and illustrations. Enhance your understanding of mirror optics through concise student notes and characteristic ray analysis.
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Seeing Things inConvex Mirrors Open L8 Convex Mirrors - Student Notes
1) Convex Mirror Characteristic Rays Any incident ray parallel to the principal axis will
1) Convex Mirror Characteristic Rays Any incident ray parallel to the principal axis will reflect as if it had passed through the Focus.
1) Convex Mirror Characteristic Rays Any incident ray moving toward the Focus will
1) Convex Mirror Characteristic Rays Any incident ray moving toward the Focus will reflect parallel to the principal axis.
1) Convex Mirror Characteristic Rays Any incident ray moving toward the Centre of Curvature will
1) Convex Mirror Characteristic Rays Any incident ray moving toward the Centre of Curvature will reflect back upon itself.
1) Convex Mirror Characteristic Rays Any incident ray striking the Vertex will
1) Convex Mirror Characteristic Rays Any incident ray striking the Vertex will reflect such that i = r.
2) Predicting Images in a Convex Mirror Any incident ray parallel to the principal axis will
2) Predicting Images in a Convex Mirror Any incident ray parallel to the principal axis will reflect as if it had passed through the Focus.
2) Predicting Images in a Convex Mirror Any incident ray moving toward the Focus will
2) Predicting Images in a Convex Mirror Any incident ray moving toward the Focus will reflect parallel to the principal axis.
2) Predicting Images in a Convex Mirror Any incident ray moving toward the Centre of Curvature will
2) Predicting Images in a Convex Mirror Any incident ray moving toward the Centre of Curvature will reflect back upon itself.
2) Predicting Images in a Convex Mirror Any incident ray striking the Vertex will
2) Predicting Images in a Convex Mirror Any incident ray striking the Vertex will reflect such that i = r.
2) Predicting Images in a Convex Mirror The reflected rays diverge! Where is the image?
2) Predicting Images in a Convex Mirror The image is where the rays appear to have come from.
Predicting Images in a Convex Mirror Your Turn Continue with L8 Convex Mirrors - Student Notes and answer analysis questions.
Predicting Images in a Convex Mirror Answers to Analysis Follows.
3) In order to produce a VIRTUAL IMAGE with CONVEX MIRROR, an object must be placed anywhere. 4) In order to produce the LARGEST IMAGE POSSIBLE with CONVEX MIRROR, an object must be placed close to the mirror. 5) In order to produce an IMAGE SMALLER THAN THE OBJECT with CONVEX MIRROR, an object must be placed anywhere. 6) If the OBJECT IS MOVED far away from a CONVEX MIRROR, the image will move close to the Focus.
Now that you are an expert, Check out the simulation. http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava/index.php?topic=48.0 Try to see it in your mind.