Identify as True or False the following statements concernin

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.

Virtual images can be inverted (i.e., of the opposite vertical orientation as the object which formed it).

The image by a convex mirror or by a diverging lens is always shorter than the object.

A lens creates a real image on the same side as the object.

Real images are always larger than objects.

A mirror creates a virtual image on the same side as the object.

Real images are always inverted (i.e., of the opposite vertical orientation as the object).

Solution

1. Virtual images can be inverted (i.e., of the opposite vertical orientation as the object which formed it).

FALSE....as virtual images are always upright

2. The image by a convex mirror or by a diverging lens is always shorter than the object.

TRUE...its magnification is always less than 1

3. A lens creates a real image on the same side as the object.

FALSE....lens always forms real images only on opposite sides

4. Real images are always larger than objects.

FALSE...real images may or may not be larger than object size

5. A mirror creates a virtual image on the same side as the object.

FALSE...in mirror real images formed on same side

6. Real images are always inverted (i.e., of the opposite vertical orientation as the object).

TRUE