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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |You can see the '''reflection''' of the mountain and clouds on the surface of the water.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |The glass '''reflects''' the image of the clouds.|-|[[File:ReflectionGlasses.png|center|200px]]|[[File:ReflectionEye.png|center|200px]]|-| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |These glasses are very '''reflective'''.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |You can sometimes see a '''reflection''' is a person's eye.|} ==Key Stage 3=====Meaning===[[Specular Reflection]] is when [[light]] bounces off a flat surface to produce a an [[image]]. ===About Specular Reflection===: [[Specular Reflection]] happens from a shiny surface and makes an [[image]] (you can see a 'reflection').{| class="wikitable"|-|[[File:SpecularReflectionDiagram.png|center|500px]]|-| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A periscope uses the [[Specular Reflection]] happens from a smooth surface. Parallel rays are '''reflected''' and stay parallel to one another.|} ===The Law of Reflection===: The Law of '''reflection''' states that the [[Angle of Incidence|angle of incidence]] is equal to the [[Angle of Reflection|angle of reflection]].{| class="wikitable"|-|[[File:ReflectionDiagram.png|center|500px]]|-| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |[[Specular Reflection]] from two mirrors the [[glass]] makes an [[image]] of the sky in the [[glass]].|} ==Key Stage 4=====Meaning===[[Specular Reflection]] is when an [[Electromagnetic Wave]] bounces off the [[interface]] between a [[transparent]] [[medium]] and an [[opaque]] [[medium]] with a flat surface to produce an [[image]]. ===About Specular Reflection===: [[Specular Reflection]] happens from a shiny surface and makes an [[image]] (you can see a clear image'reflection').{| class="wikitable"|-|[[File:SpecularReflectionDiagram.png|center|500px]]|-| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |[[Specular Reflection]] happens from a smooth surface. Parallel rays are '''reflected''' and stay parallel to one another.|} ===The Law of Reflection===: The Law of '''reflection''' states that the [[Angle of Incidence|angle of incidence]] is equal to the [[Angle of Reflection|angle of reflection]].{| class="wikitable"|-|[[File:ReflectionDiagram.png|center|500px]]|-| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |The [[angle]] between the [[Incident Ray|incident ray]] and the [[normal]] ([[Angle of Incidence|angle of incidence]]) is the same as the [[angle]] between the [[Reflected Ray|reflected ray]] and the [[normal]] ([[Angle of Reflection|angle of reflection]]).
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===References===
====AQA====
 
 
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/019835939X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=019835939X&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=57e96876985fc39b1a3d8a3e3dc238b6 ''Specular reflection, page 203, GCSE Physics; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, 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 ''Specular reflection, page 208, GCSE Physics, Hodder, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945970/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945970&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=a120d24dcc7cc7a58192069a3aafc1d2 ''Specular reflection, page 235, GCSE Physics; The Complete 9-1 Course for AQA, CGP, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/178294558X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=178294558X&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=f0dfb66dafcb0c6e9449e7b1a4ae1ac420 ''Specular reflection, pages 75, 77, GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA '']
 
====Edexcel====
 
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782948163/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782948163&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=0fdbfd5dd397d6e24a9dfb250f08587f ''Specular reflection, page 115, GCSE Physics, CGP, Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945733/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945733&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=2a2dbec9db6bf5766c0458d908fa0a52 ''Specular reflection, page 38, GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1292120223/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1292120223&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=068ecf40278c32406a7f1c6e66751417 ''Specular reflection, page 68, GCSE Physics, Pearson Edexcel '']
 
====OCR====
 
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198359837/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0198359837&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=3c4229e8b023b2b60768e7ea2307cc6f ''Specular reflection, pages 165, Gateway GCSE Physics, Oxford, OCR '']
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