PhysicsLAB Review
Drill: Reflection and Mirrors

 True or False. The minimum length mirror a person needs to completely view his body (from head to toe) equals half his height.

 State the Law of Reflection.

 What is the rule for locating images in a plane mirror?

 What is the relationship between the radius of a spherical mirror and its focal length?

 What type of mirror has NO spherical aberrations?

 Which type of mirror can only produce virtual, reduced images?

 When does a concave mirror produce virtual images? are they enlarged or reduced?

 When does a concave mirror produce no image?

 Where is the object placed in front of a concave mirror to produce a reduced, real, inverted image?

 Where is the object placed in front of a concave mirror to produce a real, inverted image that is the same size as the object?

 State the mirror equation for a convex surface.

 State the mirror equation for a concave surface.





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