Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Define Regular reflection.
Advertisements
Solution
The phenomenon due to which a parallel beam of light traveling through a certain medium, on striking some polished surface, bounces off from it, as a parallel beam, in some other direction, is called regular reflection.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
You are standing at a distance of 2 meters from a plane mirror.
What is the distance of your image from the mirror?
State which surface of a plane mirror reflects most of the light incident on it: the front smooth surface or the back silvered surface.
State three ways in which the image formed in a plane mirror differs from the image formed in a pin hole camera.
Draw diagrams to show the difference between regular and irregular reflection.
What is a real image?
Identify the following kind of beam of light.
Higher Order Thinking Skills.
When a ray of light passes from air into glass, is the angle of refraction greater than or less than the angle of incidence?
Match the following:
| 1. | Vegetable oil | a. | Transparent |
| 2. | Glass | b. | Translucent |
| 3. | Wood | c. | Waterproof |
| 4. | Aluminum foil | d. | Opaque |
