Here are 10 one-word answer type questions from the topic Right or Left! with their answers and explanations:
Topic: Right or Left!
When we see our image in a plane mirror, the left side of the object appears on the right side in the image and the right side appears on the left. This is called lateral inversion.
1. Question: What is the phenomenon called when left appears right and right appears left in a mirror?
Answer: Lateral inversion
Explanation: Lateral inversion is the effect where the sides of an object appear reversed in a plane mirror.
2. Question: What type of mirror shows lateral inversion?
Answer: Plane
Explanation: A plane mirror shows lateral inversion of images.
3. Question: What word is written in reverse on an ambulance so that it appears correctly in a rearview mirror?
Answer: Ambulance
Explanation: The word “Ambulance” is written laterally inverted so that drivers can read it correctly in their rearview mirrors.
4. Question: In lateral inversion, which side appears on the right side in the image?
Answer: Left
Explanation: In lateral inversion, the left side of the object appears on the right side in the mirror image.
5. Question: What happens to the right side of an object in its mirror image?
Answer: Left
Explanation: The right side of the object appears on the left side in its mirror image due to lateral inversion.
6. Question: Which part of the body appears to be interchanged in a mirror image?
Answer: Sides
Explanation: The sides of the body appear interchanged in a plane mirror image.
7. Question: What kind of image does a plane mirror form?
Answer: Erect
Explanation: The image formed by a plane mirror is always erect.
8. Question: What is the size of the image formed in a plane mirror compared to the object?
Answer: Same
Explanation: The image formed in a plane mirror is of the same size as the object.
9. Question: What is the distance of the image from the mirror compared to the object?
Answer: Same
Explanation: The image appears at the same distance behind the mirror as the object is in front of it.
10. Question: What kind of reflection helps the driver to read ‘AMBULANCE’ written on the ambulance?
Answer: Mirror
Explanation: The reflection in the rearview mirror shows the inverted word correctly to the driver.
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