Reflection of Light in Plane Mirrors

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REFLECTION OF LIGHT IN PLANE MIRRORS

I. PROBLEM
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II. HYPOTHESIS
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III. MATERIALS
 a sheet of copier paper

 piece of used cardboard (8 1/2 x 11 ) 5
 straight pins
 metric ruler
 transparent tape
 pencil
 rectangular mirror
 large book

IV. PROCEDURES:
1. Tape the copier paper to the corrugated cardboard at the corners.
2. Using a ruler, draw a line that divides the paper into two equal sections. This is the
"mirror" line.
3. Place the edge of the book just behind the line and center the long side of the mirror on
the line by propping it against the book.
4. Locate the center of the mirror and insert a pin into the paper 5 cms from the mirror.
Draw a circle around the pin and label it " object".
5. Looking from the left front corner of the paper.close one eye and sight toward the pin
image in the mirror. Take another pin and line it up vertically with the image in the mirror
at around 5 cms from the mirror. Insert the pin when the pin and the image in the mirror
appear to be one. Draw a circle. around the pin and label it ' 1"
6.Using another pin, look with one eye and line this pin-up with the " 1" and the image in
the mirror. Insert it 5 cms away from the " 1" ( toward you) Draw a circle around the pin
and label it with a " 1" also.
7.Looking from the right front corner of the paper, repeat the sighting procedure as
described in steps 5 and 6 and place 2 pins on the right side at the same distances. Again,
try to make both inserted pins coincide with the object image in the mirror. draw a circle
around each pin and label each " 2"
8.Remove the mirror, book, and pins. take the ruler, line up the two " 1" circles on the left,
and draw a straight line extending behind the " mirror" line. This is the " 1" line.
9. Line up the " 2" circles and draw a straight line extending behind the "mirror" line until
it intersects with the " 1 " line. This is the " 2 " line.
10.The intersections of the 2 lines behind the " mirror" line represent the position of the
virtual image of the " object' pin that was placed in front of the mirror. Measure the
distance in cm from the " object" circle to the "mirror" line and measure the distance from
the virtual image ( where " 1" and "2" lines intersect) to the " mirror" line.
11.Draw a straight line on the copier paper from the " object" circle to the point where the
" 1 " line meets the "mirror" line. On this line, mark forward arrows (>) from the " object"
circle to the " mirror" line and from the ' mirror" line back to the beginning of the " 1" line.
12. Repeat step 1, except start from the " object" circle and proceed to the point where the
" 2" line meets the " mirror" line. mark these lines with forwarding arrows stating from the
" object" circle to the " mirror" line back to the beginning of the ' 2 ' line.
V. ILLUSTRATIONS
VI. QUESTIONS FOR ANALYSIS
1. How did light travel from the object to your eye as you sighted from each corner of
the paper?
2. Why did the image appear to be located behind the mirror?
3. Compare the distance from the " object" circle to the " mirror" line with the distance
from the virtual image (Where " 1 " and " 2" lines intersect) to the " mirror" line.
4. What are the optical characteristics of a plane mirror?
5. What is the law of reflection of light-based on the images and diagrams produced in
the activity?
VII ANSWER TO THE HYPOTHESIS
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VI. CONCLUSION:
I therefore conclude
REFERENCES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgVRNNpisfo
SCIENCE LINKS 10 (REX Bookstore) pages 124 - 125

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NAME: _______________________________DATE:

YEAR and SECTION________________

REFLECTION OF LIGHT IN PLANE MIRRORS

 a sheet of copier paper

1. Tape the copier paper to the corrugated cardboard at the corners.

VI. QUESTIONS FOR ANALYSIS

4. What are the optical characteristics of a plane mirror?

VII ANSWER TO THE HYPOTHESIS

SCIENCE LINKS 10 (REX Bookstore) pages 124 - 125

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