Question

Play with a mirror

Write your name with a sketch pen on a thin sheet of paper, polythene or glass. Read your name on the sheet while standing in front of a plane mirror. Now look at your image in the mirror.

Answer 1

Activity:

1. Write your name with a sketch pen on a thin sheet of paper, polythene, or glass.
2. Stand in front of a plane mirror and read your name on the sheet.

Observation:

1. When you look directly at the sheet, your name appears normal.
2. When you look at the image in the mirror, your name appears reversed (laterally inverted).

Explanation:

1. A plane mirror creates an image that is a mirror reflection of the object.
2. This results in lateral inversion, where the left side of the object appears on the right side in the image and vice versa.

Conclusion:

By performing this activity, you can observe how a plane mirror reverses images, demonstrating the concept of lateral inversion.