Figure (A) on the left shows the result of specular or regular

reflection while figure (B) is the result of diffuse or irregular

reflection.
Incident Ray. The ray of light approaching the mirror represented
by an arrow approaching an optical element like mirrors.
Reflected Ray. The ray of light which leaves the mirror and is
represented by an arrow pointing away from the mirror.
Normal Line. An imaginary line that can be drawn perpendicular
to the surface of the mirror at the point of incidence where the ray
strikes the mirror.
 MIRROR LEFT-RIGHT REVERSAL
Picture 4 on the right shows a girl
combing her hair with her left hand.
However, in her image, you will notice
that she is combing her hair with her
right hand. This effect is known as the
mirror left-right reversal. The left side
of the object appears as the right side
of the image and the right side appears
as the left. This also explains why the
word “AMBULANCE” in an
ambulance car is flipped as what you
experienced in Activity 3.
REFLECTION OF SPHERICAL MIRRORS

A curved mirror is a reflecting surface in which its

surface is a section of sphere. There are two kinds of
curved mirrors, the concave and the convex mirrors.
A spoon is a kind of a curved mirror with both
concave and convex surfaces like what you (A) (B) 7
experienced in Activity 4.
 TYPES OF CURVED MIRRORS
The Convex Mirror
• It is a curved mirror in which
the reflective surface bulges
towards the light source.
• It is called Diverging Mirror
because the parallel incident rays
diverge after reflection. When
extending the reflected rays
behind the mirror, the rays
converge at the focus behind the
mirror.
The Concave Mirror
• It is a curved mirror in which
the reflective surface bulges
away from the light source.
• It is called Converging Mirror
because the parallel incident rays
converge or meet/intersect at a
focal point after reflection.
IMAGES FORMED BY CURVED MIRRORS

In locating the image formed in curved mirror graphically, three

important points are considered .Take note that the distance from
the Center of Curvature (C) to the Focal Point or Focus (F), is the
same distance from the Focal Point or Focus (F) to the Vertex (V).
Therefore, the distance from C to V is just twice the distance
between C to F or F to V.
For example, if the distance from C to F is 5cm, then the distance
from F to V is also 5cm. Thus, the distance from C to V is 10 cm