Identify as True or False the following statements concerning images formed by a
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Question
Identify as True or False the following statements concerning images formed by a SINGLE OPTICAL ELEMENT. The element may be a plane mirror, a concave mirror, a convex mirror, a converging lens, or a diverging lens.
1. Real images are always smaller than objects.
2. Real images can be upright (i.e., of the same vertical orientation as the objects).
3. Virtual images are always upright (i.e., of the same vertical orientation as the objects).
4. A lens creates a real image on the same side as the object.
5. The image by a convex mirror or by a diverging lens is always shorter than the object.
6. A mirror creates a virtual image on the same side as the object.
Explanation / Answer
1) False (beacsue real image can be larger then object)
2) Flase (real images are always inverted)
3) True
4) False (for a lens real image is always formed on the other side of object)
5) False (The image may have larger size then object)
6) False (A mirror creates a real image on the same side as the object.)