Light - Chapter Wise CBSE Solved Question and Answer Based On NCERT
Points To Remember:
The path of light is always straight and never curved. Light doesn’t bend.
The direction of light can be changed only by reflection.
The bouncing of light by any smooth surface, like a mirror, is called reflection of light.
Due to the reflection of light, the impression of an object formed in a mirror is called the image of the object.
As the distance of the object from the mirror increases, the distance of the image also increases.
The image formed by a plane mirror is The same size as that of the object, Left-right inversed, Erect and virtual and Formed behind the mirror at the same distance as the distance of the object in front from the mirror.
A mirror maze is created based on the principle of reflection in plane mirrors. When a person enters a mirror maze, he finds several images of himself and several passages.
Spherical mirror have curved reflecting surfaces and are also called curved mirrors. These mirrors are made from a hollow sphere. The inner curved surface is termed as concave, while the outer is called convex.
If the reflecting surface of a mirror is concave, then it is called a concave mirror. A concave mirror is also known as converging mirror
If the reflecting surface of a mirror is convex, then it is called a convex mirror. A convex mirror is also known as a diverging mirror or fish eye mirror.
