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==Key Stage 2==
===Meaning===
[[File:WingMirror.png|right|300px|thumb|A picture showing the wing mirror of a car.]]A '''mirror''' is a shiny surface used to [[Reflection|reflect]] the image of an object.
===About Mirrors===
: '''Mirrors''' are usually made of metal because it is shiny. The [[metal ]] is sometimes covered in [[glass ]] to protect the [[metal]].: A '''mirror''' can be used to change the direction of [[light ]] by [[Reflection|reflecting ]] it.: A '''mirror''' makes an [[object ]] look like it's in a place that it is not.
===Examples===
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|[[File:MirrorDiagram.png|center|400px300px]]|[[File:PeriscopeDiagram.png|center|400px300px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:500px300px; text-align:center;" |This '''mirror''' makes it look like the triangle is in front of the eye, but it is not.| style="height:20px; width:500px300px; text-align:center;" |A periscope uses the [[Specular Reflection|reflection]] from two '''mirrors''' to see a clear image.
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==Key Stage 3==
===Meaning===
A [[mirror]] is a shiny surface used to [[Reflection|reflect]] the [[image]] of an [[object]].
===About Mirrors===
: [[Mirror]]s are usually made of metal because it is shiny. The [[metal]] is sometimes covered in [[glass]] to protect the [[metal]].
: A [[mirror]] can be used to change the direction of [[light]] by [[Reflection|reflecting]] it.
: A [[mirror]] makes an [[object]] look like it's in a place that it is not.
: [[Reflection]] from a [[mirror]] follows the [[Law of Reflection]].
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|[[File:ReflectionDiagram.png|center|500px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:500px; text-align:center;" |When a [[Light Ray|ray of light]] strikes a [[mirror]] it is [[Reflection|reflected]] by the same angle that it arrives.
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===References===
====AQA====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1471851370/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1471851370&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=01c69b0ae058f809cf636033e6ba793e ''Mirrors; images in, page 189, GCSE Physics, Hodder, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1471851370/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1471851370&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=01c69b0ae058f809cf636033e6ba793e ''Mirrors; reflection of light, pages 188-9, GCSE Physics, Hodder, AQA '']
====OCR====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945695/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945695&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=ceafcc80bcad6b6754ee97a0c7ceea53 ''Mirrors, page 189, Gateway GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR '']