TOPIC:LAW OF REFLECTIONLAW OF REFLECTION
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SHELIN K BYSHI
PHYSICALSCIENCE
LAW OF
REFLECTION
NORMAL
THE PERPENDICULAR DRAWN AT THE
POINT OF INCIDENCE TO THE
REFLECTING SURFACE IS CALLED
NORMAL.
NORMAL
NORMAL
REFLECTING SURFACE
INCIDENT RAY OF LIGHT
THE RAY OF LIGHT THAT FALLS ON A
SURFACE IS CALLED INCIDENT RAY
OF LIGHT.
INCIDENT RAY
NORMAL
REFLECTING SURFACE
REFLECTED RAYOF LIGHT
THE RAY OF LIGHT THAT IS
REFLECTED FROM A SURFACE IS
CALLED REFLECTED RAY OF LIGHT.
REFLECTED RAY OF LIGHT
NORMAL
REFLECTING SURFACE
•ANGLE OF INCIDENCE:
THE ANGLE BETWEEN THE INCIDENT
RAY AND THE NORMAL IS CALLED AN
ANGLE OF INCIDENT.
ANGLE OF REFLECTION
THE ANGLE BETWEEN THE REFLECTED
RAY AND THE NORMAL IS CALLED AN
ANGLE OF REFLECTION.
•POINT OF INCIDENCE
THE POINT AT WHICH LIGHT FALLS.
ANGLE OF INCIDENCE&ANGLE OF
REFLECTION
REFLECTING SURFACE
LAW OF REFLECTION-1
The angle of incidence equals
to the angle of reflection.
ANGLE OF INCIDENCE = ANGLE OF
REFLECTION
i=r
LAW OF REFLECTION-2
THE INCIDENT RAY, REFRACTED RAY
AND THE NORMAL TO THE REFLECTING
SURFACE AT THE POINT OF INCIDENCE
LIE ON THE SAME PLANE.
Incident ray
Normal
Reflected ray
Angle of
incidence
Angle of
reflection
REFLECTING SURFACE
LAW OF REFLECTION-2