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Science Activity Sheet

Quarter 2 – MELC 4
Week 6
Images Formed by Mirrors

REGION VI – WESTERN VISAYAS

Science 10
Activity Sheet No.6- Images Formed by Mirrors
First Edition, 2020

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Introductory Message
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Name of Learner:_________________________________________________________
Grade and Section:___________________________Date: ______________________

SCIENCE 10 ACTIVITY SHEET No. 6

Images Formed by Mirrors

I. Learning Competency with Code

Predict the qualitative characteristics (orientation, type, and magnification)

of images formed by plane and curved mirrors and lenses.
(S10FE-IIg-50)

Support Competency:
Predict the qualitative characteristics (location, orientation, type, and
magnification) of images formed by plane and curved mirrors.

II. Background Information for Learners

As you look around, you can see most of the objects because of the
light that is reflected diffusely from them. When the reflecting surface of
the object is not smooth, diffuse reflection takes place wherein the
reflected rays leave the surface in different directions.
But when light hits a smooth surface such as mirror or a calm body
of water, specular reflection happens wherein reflected rays allows you to
see images. So, have you ever wondered how your image is formed when
you look at the mirror?
This lesson focuses on the property of light which is reflection and
how it is used to predict the image formation in different types of mirrors.
To learn more about reflection of light, refer to pages 180-181 of
Science 10 Learners Material.

III. Accompanying DepEd Textbook and Educational Sites

Department of Education. (2015). K-12 Basic Education Curriculum,

Science 10 Learners Material (p173-189). Pasig City, Philippines

Department of Education, Bureau of Secondary Education. (2014). Module 3:

The Nature and Properties of Light, Project EASE Physics. Pasig City,
Philippines
https://lrmds.deped.gov.ph/detail/6710. Accessed: October 26, 2020

Department of Education. (2014). Science and Technology IV. Physics

Textbook, (p 36-46). Pasig City Philippines

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IV. Activity Proper

Activity 1
Laws of Reflection
Light travels in a straight path but when it hits a surface such as the
mirror, it reflects. Reflection is the bending of light as it hits a barrier. Such
phenomenon is governed by laws which allows image formation to happen.

To better understand these laws read page 38 of Science and Technology

IV Physics Textbook or you can use other print or non-print resources and
answer the following questions.

1. What does the first law of reflection state?

2. Compare the angle of incidence and angle of reflection. What can you say
about it?

Activity 2

Image Formation in Plane Mirrors

When light rays hit the surface of a plane mirror reflected rays reaches the eyes
allowing you to see an image. Applying the Laws of Reflection, locate and describe
the image formed in a plane mirror of the object below. You can refer to page 39 of
Science and Technology IV, Physics Textbook to understand the image formed by
plane mirrors.

1. Based on the activity, how would you describe the image formed in a
plane mirror? Specify its location, orientation, size and type.
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2. Have you observed how the word is written in front of

the ambulance car? Why is this so?
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Activity 3

Image Formation in Curved Mirrors

Curved mirrors are of two kinds: concave and convex. To predict the formation
of images in concave and convex mirrors, ray diagramming is used. To
determine its qualitative characteristics read pages 181-186 of Science 10
Learner’s Module or pages 41-46 of Science and Technology IV Physics
Textbook. After understanding and working on ray diagrams for curved mirrors,
construct ray diagrams using a ruler and protractor to locate the image formed
in the following curved mirrors:

A. The Object is located beyond C

B. The Object is located at C

C. The Object is located between C and F

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D. The Object is located at F

E. The Object is located between F and V

F. The Object is located beyond C in front of the mirror/

far away from the convex mirror

G. The Object is located between F and V in front of the mirror/ near

the convex mirror

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After constructing the ray diagrams, complete the table below with the
qualitative characteristics of the images formed in curved mirrors.

Concave Mirrors Convex Mirrors

Beyond At C Between At F Between Beyond C Between
Description in front F and V
C C and F F and
of the in front
Vertex mirror of the
mirror
Location
Orientation
Size
Type

1. How will you describe the image formed as the object is placed nearer
towards the concave mirror?
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2. How will you describe the image formed as the object is placed nearer
towards the convex mirror?
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3. Why are convex mirrors used as side mirrors of vehicles?

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V. Reflection

1. Why do you think it’s important to understand the characteristics of

plane and curved mirrors?
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 VI. Answer Key
Activity 1
1. The incident ray, the reflected ray, and the normal to the reflecting surface all lie
in the same plane.
2. The angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection.

Activity 2

1. The image formed by a plane mirror is upright, virtual, same size as the
object, as far behind the mirror as the object in front of the mirror and
laterally reversed.

Activity 3

A. The Object is located beyond C B. The Object is located at C

C. The Object is located between C and F D. The Object is located at F

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E. The Object is located between F and V

Convex Mirrors
F. Object far from the mirror G. Object near the mirror

Concave Mirrors Convex Mirrors

Beyond At C Between At F Between Beyond C Between F
Description in front of and V in
C C and F F and
the mirror front of
Vertex the mirror
Location Between At C Beyond No Behind Between Between
C and F C image the V and F V and F
formed mirror behind behind
the the
mirror mirror
Orientation Inverted Inverte Inverted Upright Upright Upright
d
Size Reduced Same Enlarged Enlarged Reduced Reduced
Type Real Real Real Virtual Virtual Virtual
1. As the object moves towards the mirror the image location moves further away
from the mirror. The image is still inverted while its size gets larger. As the object
moves inside the F the image becomes virtual and upright behind the mirror and
it decreases in size as its location approaches the mirror.
2. When the object is far away from the mirror the image is upright and located at F,
as the object approaches the mirror the image also approaches the mirror and
gets larger until its height equals the object.
3. The word ALMBULANCE is written in reverse. This is because the ambulance is
viewed through the rear-view mirror which exhibits “lateral inversion. Writing it
this way allows drivers to readily see the coming ambulance thus making way for
it to pass through in cases of emergency.
4. Convex mirrors form virtual, upright and diminished objects in front of it, thus it
is best used in side mirrors because it provides wider field of view which allows
the driver to see most of the vehicles behind it.
5.
Reflection:
1. Answers may vary.
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