Match reflection words to their meaning

Exercise and reference answers

Matching pairs

1. Left

   Incident ray

   Right

   Ray striking the mirror

2. Left

   Reflected ray

   Right

   Ray bouncing off the mirror

3. Left

   Normal

   Right

   Perpendicular to mirror at point of incidence

4. Left

   Angle of incidence

   Right

   Between incident ray and normal

5. Left

   Angle of reflection

   Right

   Between reflected ray and normal

Instructions

Tap a term from a ray diagram, then tap the ray or angle that it names.