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| 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.
 
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |[[Specular Reflection]] from the [[glass]] makes an [[image]] of the [[sky]] in the [[glass]].
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==Key Stage 4==
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===Meaning===
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[[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]].
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===About Specular Reflection===
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: [[Specular Reflection]] happens from a shiny surface and makes an [[image]] (you can see a 'reflection').
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| 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.
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===The Law of Reflection===
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: The Law of '''reflection''' states that the [[Angle of Incidence|angle of incidence]] is equal to the [[Angle of Reflection|angle of reflection]].
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| 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===
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====AQA====
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:[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 '']
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:[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 '']
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:[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 '']
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:[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 '']
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====Edexcel====
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:[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 '']
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:[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 '']
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:[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 '']
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====OCR====
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:[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  '']

Latest revision as of 11:57, 20 December 2019

Contents

Key Stage 2

Meaning

 
A mirror reflects light so we can see a perfect image.

Reflection from shiny surfaces is when light bounces off a material creating an image that we can see.

Singular Noun: Reflection
Plural Noun: Reflections
Verb: To reflect
Adjective: Reflective

About Reflection form Shiny Surfaces

When a surface is shiny we can see a reflection on the surface.
A mirror is a shiny piece of metal that reflects all of the light that hits it and allows us to see an image.
Mirrors are said to be reflective.
If a surface is dull you cannot see an image and it is not called reflective, but it still reflects the light.
 
 
You can see the reflection of the mountain and clouds on the surface of the water. The glass reflects the image of the clouds.
 
 
These glasses are very reflective. 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').
 
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 is equal to the angle of reflection.
 
Specular Reflection from the glass makes an image of the sky in the glass.

Key Stage 4

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