Concave Mirrors
a concave mirror is a mirror that curves _____
Curves inward
A convex mirror is a mirror that curves ____
Outward
What is an image that forms from light waves that diverge, or change direction?
Virtual Image
Convex and Concave mirrors are the same
False
The optical ____ is the line perpendicular to the center of the mirrors.
Axis
What do light waves do after they strike a convex mirror?
they spread apart.
What is an image that forms where rays converge?
Real Images
The law of reflection determines the direction of Reflected rays.
True
The optical axis is a line ______ to the center.
Perpendicular
A convex mirror always produces a ______ image
Virtual
What two mirrors can ONLY form virtual images?
Convex and plane
The focal length is not the distance along the optical axis from the mirror to the Focal point.
False
Not all mirrors are ____, some are _____.
Flat; curved
A convex mirror always produces an image that is ____ and ____ than the object being reflected
Upright , Smaller
What mirror can form virtual and real images?
concave
Virtual and real images are different
True
when rays are parallel they strike a what concave mirror, the reflected rays ______, or come together.
Converge
you brain interprets the objects being reflected by the convex mirror _____ than they actually are
Smaller
What does the image of the concave mirror depend on?
The object‘s location relative to the focal point.
Convex mirrors and plane mirrors form only virtual images, but concave mirrors can form virtual images and real images.
True