Light – Notes

Reflection of Light

Light travels in straight lines.

A shiny or polished surface, such as a mirror, can change the direction of incident light.

The bouncing of light by any smooth surface like a mirror, back into the same medium, is called reflection of light.

The likeness of light by an object formed in a mirror due to reflection of light is called the image of the object.

The image in a plan mirror is at the distance behind the mirror as the distance of the object in front of it.

The image of an object formed in a plan mirror is left – right inversed. left – right inversed means that the image shows your  right to appear as left, and left to appear as right.