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Light and Image Formation Principles

Light travels in straight lines and can be reflected by shiny surfaces like mirrors. There are two types of images formed by mirrors and lenses: real images, which are formed where light rays actually pass through a screen, and virtual images, which cannot be formed on a screen as the light rays seem to pass through it. Mirrors form virtual images that are upright and the same size as the object, while concave mirrors and convex lenses can form magnified or diminished, upright or inverted real and virtual images depending on the object's position. White light is composed of all visible wavelengths which can be separated through dispersion.

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Light and Image Formation Principles

Light travels in straight lines and can be reflected by shiny surfaces like mirrors. There are two types of images formed by mirrors and lenses: real images, which are formed where light rays actually pass through a screen, and virtual images, which cannot be formed on a screen as the light rays seem to pass through it. Mirrors form virtual images that are upright and the same size as the object, while concave mirrors and convex lenses can form magnified or diminished, upright or inverted real and virtual images depending on the object's position. White light is composed of all visible wavelengths which can be separated through dispersion.

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Chapter – 15

Light

• Light: It is the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible.
• Light travels along straight lines.
• Any polished or a shining surface acts as a mirror.
• An image which can be obtained on a screen is called a real image. It formed by light rays
that actually pass through the screen.
• An image which cannot be obtained on a screen is called a virtual image. It is formed by light
rays that seem to pass through the screen.
• The image formed by a plane mirror is erect. It is virtual and is of the same size as the object.
• The image is at the same distance behind the mirror as the object is in front of it.
• In an image formed by a mirror, the left side of the object is seen on the right side in the
image, and right side of the object appears to be on the left side in the image.
• A concave mirror can form a real and inverted image. When the object is placed very close
to the mirror, the image formed is virtual, erect and magnified.
• A Convex mirror is the mirror that curves out; the reflecting surface is convex. Image
formed is virtual, upright and diminished. Image formed by a convex mirror is erect, virtual
and smaller in size than the object.
• A Concave lens is the lens that is thinner at the centre than at the edges. It is a diverging
lens. Image formed is virtual, erect and diminished.
• A convex lens can form real and inverted image. When the object is placed very close to the
lens, the image formed is virtual, erect and magnified. When used to see objects magnified,
the convex lens is called a magnifying glass.
• White light is composed of seven colours.
• Properties of Light:
Rectilinear Propagation of Light: It is the property of light to travel in a straight line in any
direction. The direction of path in which light make a ray.
Reflection of Light: It is the bouncing back of light after striking the surface of an object.
Shiny smooth surfaces reflect almost all the light.
Dispersion: It is the phenomenon of splitting of white light into its seven colours. White light
is mixture of: Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red (VIBGYOR) colours.

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