( vi) Real Image The image obtained by the real meeting of light rays, is called a real image. Real image can be obtained on a screen. Real image is inverted.
( vii) Virtual Image The image obtained when light rays are not really meeting but appears to meet only, is called a virtual image.
Reflection of Light The rebouncing back of light rays into the same medium on striking a highly polished surface such as a mirror, is called reflection of light.
Laws of Reflection
There are two laws of reflection.
( i) The incident ray, the reflected ray and the normal at the point of incidence all three lie in the same plane.
( ii) The angle of incidence( i) is always equal to the angle of reflection( r).
Types of Reflection
( i) Regular Reflection When a parallel beam of reflected light rays is obtained for a parallel beam of incident light rays after reflection from a plane reflecting reflection is called regular reflection.