The angle of incidence is the angle between the incident ray and the:
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The angle of incidence is the angle between the incident ray and the normal.
<u>Explanation:</u>
In attached diagram, a light ray approaching the mirror is known as an incident ray (I) whereas the light beam coming out of the mirror is called the reflected ray (R). At the intersection where the beam meets the mirror, you can draw a line perpendicular to the mirror surface.
This line is called as the normal (N) line. Normal divides the angle between the incident and the reflected rays into two equal angle. The angles between the incident and normal beam is called the incidence angle (). The angle between the reflected beam and the normal one is called the reflection angle(
).
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Energy is transformed from potential to kinetic and vice versa
Explanation:
The energy is transformed from mechanical to kinetic energy when the object changes its position with respect to a reference point, where it loses height but increases its speed. When the object is at maximum height with respect to a reference point, it will have its maximum potential energy value. When the object passes through the reference point it will have potential energy equal to zero, but this energy will become kinetic energy.
The most characteristic and real example is that of a pendulum at one end, as can be seen in the attached image.
When the pendulum is located at the top end, as shown in Figure 1, at that point the maximum potential energy will be held. Then the pendulum is released and when it passes through the reference point and its height is zero, with respect to that point, all potential energy will have become kinetic energy in the same way at this point the maximum speed of the pendulum will be set.
