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5.4.5 Reflecting on it

On this page you will explore what happens when light waves are reflected, and so how mirrors work. Inquiry questions Conceptual: How can we use our understanding of waves? How can we represent waves and their behaviour? Disciplinary concepts energy, evidence, transformation In the last inquiry 5.4.4 Wave behaviour you encountered reflection and learnt how reflection can be represented using both wavefront and ray...


Tags: light, optics, reflection

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