What do you mean by the point of incidence?

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The point at which the light is incident on the reflecting surface is called the point of incidence.

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Chapter 6: Light - Reflection of Light [Page 246]

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Reflection of Light | Q 28 | Page 246

The perpendicular to the mirror at the point of incidence is called ______.

What do you understand by the Light?

Describe the principle of simple periscope through an outline ray diagram. Give one of its uses.

Copy the figure. By taking two rays from point A, show the formation of image. State four characteristics of the image.

Identify the following kind of beam of light.

The reflection of a ray of light (OA) normally incident on a plane mirror is shown below

What are the angles of incidence and reflection?

Differentiate between a reflection and a shadow

What happens when light hits a transparent object?

The image formed by a plane mirror is always as far behind the mirror as far the object lies in front of it.

You can see a rainbow only when your back is towards the sun.