1. Characteristics of an Image

2. Characteristics of Images
Images can be described in many ways but the more most important are:
Location
Orientation
Size
Type

3. Location Images can be Closer to the mirror than they really are
Further from the mirror than they really are
The same distance from the mirror as the original object

4. Location
mirror
Original object
closer
same as
further

5. Orientation Images can be:
Upright compared to the original object (think “same as”)
Inverted compared to the original object (think “upside down”)

6. Orientation
original object
upright
mirror
inverted

7. Size Images can be: Smaller than the original object
Larger than the original object
The same size as the original object

8. Size
mirror
larger
original object
same as
smaller

9. Type Images can be: Real (can be seen on a surface such as a screen)
Virtual (the image does not exist in the real world, only in your brain which is fooled into thinking it exists)