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The sun catcher is a sterling engine powered by solar energy. It uses large parabolic mirrors to focus sunlight onto a central receiver, which powers a sterling engine. In the parabolic mirror you can see reflection of the landscape. Why is the reflection upside down?

The sun catcher is a sterling engine powered by solar energy. It uses large parabolic mirrors to focus sunlight onto a central receiver, which powers a sterling engine. In the parabolic mirror you can see reflection of the landscape. Why is the reflection upside down?

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The sun catcher is a sterling engine powered by solar energy. It uses large parabolic mirrors to focus sunlight onto a central receiver, which powers a sterling engine. In the parabolic mirror you can see reflection of the landscape. Why is the reflection upside down?

 

 

noices. 1 Which of the foliowing is a property of light waves, but not of sound waves? a. Frequency 2. The optical instrument that works like human eye is a camera b. Magnifying lens 3. An upside down image is called a. lateral b. erect 4. Which of the following best describes the image formed by a plane mirror? a virtual,inverted, and enlarged c. real,upright, and the same size as object 5. Rays of light traveling parallel to the principal axis of a concave miror come together. a at the center of curvature b. at infinity c. at the focal point d. at a point halfway the focal point b. wavelength c. Amplitude d. Polarization c. Microscope d. telescope C. inverted d. perpendicular b. real,inerted, and reduced d virtual,upright, and the same size as object Analyzing Ideas 1. The Sun catcher is a sterling engine powered by solar energy.It uses large parabolic mirrors to focus sunlight onto a central receiver, which powers a sterling engine. In the parabolic mirror you can see the treflection of the landscape. Why is the reflection upside down? 2. Fun house or carnival mirrors combine concave and convex mirror shapes to distort images in amusing ways, What kind of image distortions are produced by convex or concave shapes in a fun house mirror? Compare the lens, diaphragm, aperture, and film of the camera to the corresponding parts of the c
Transcribed Image Text:noices. 1 Which of the foliowing is a property of light waves, but not of sound waves? a. Frequency 2. The optical instrument that works like human eye is a camera b. Magnifying lens 3. An upside down image is called a. lateral b. erect 4. Which of the following best describes the image formed by a plane mirror? a virtual,inverted, and enlarged c. real,upright, and the same size as object 5. Rays of light traveling parallel to the principal axis of a concave miror come together. a at the center of curvature b. at infinity c. at the focal point d. at a point halfway the focal point b. wavelength c. Amplitude d. Polarization c. Microscope d. telescope C. inverted d. perpendicular b. real,inerted, and reduced d virtual,upright, and the same size as object Analyzing Ideas 1. The Sun catcher is a sterling engine powered by solar energy.It uses large parabolic mirrors to focus sunlight onto a central receiver, which powers a sterling engine. In the parabolic mirror you can see the treflection of the landscape. Why is the reflection upside down? 2. Fun house or carnival mirrors combine concave and convex mirror shapes to distort images in amusing ways, What kind of image distortions are produced by convex or concave shapes in a fun house mirror? Compare the lens, diaphragm, aperture, and film of the camera to the corresponding parts of the c
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