Mission RM4: Regular vs. Diffuse Reflection

Mission RM4 focuses on the distinction between regular and diffuse reflection in terms of their respective defintion, cause, and effects. The mission consists of 26 questions organized into 7 Question Groups. You must answer one question from each Question Group to complete the mission. The learning outcome for this mission is ...
 

Learning Outcome

• The student should be able to identify the distinction between regular and diffuse reflection in terms of both the cause and the effect.

 

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Getting Help

If you are not familiar with this topic, then you should first learn about the topic using our written Tutorial or our Video Tutorial:
 

The Physics Classroom, Reflection and Mirrors Unit, Lesson 1, Part d
 

• What is diffuse reflection?
• What happens when light undergoes diffuse reflection?
• What causes a light ray to undergo diffuse reflection?
• When does diffuse reflection occur?
• When light undergoes diffuse reflection, does a single light ray follow the law of reflection?
• What is the result of diffuse reflection in terms of the appearances of images?
• Does diffuse reflection result in the production of a glare?

 

Video Tutorials:

Specular vs. Diffuse Reflection

 

 

Question-Specific Help

Each Question Group has its own Help page with information specific to the question. You can access the Help page from within the mission by tapping on the Help Me! icon (textbook). For your convenience, links to those pages are provided below: