6th Grade > Physics
LIGHT SHADOWS AND REFLECTION MCQs
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All Points: 2 Marks
To see any non-luminous object, we need the following:
1) Source of light
2) An object
3) Eyes
When light emitted from a luminous object falls on a non-luminous object and is reflected, the reflected light reaches our eyes and enables us to see that object.
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The image formed by a pin-hole camera is inverted.
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Luminous: 1 Mark
Non-luminous: 1 Mark
Examples: 1 Mark
Luminous objects are which emit light by their own.
Examples: - Sun, flame of a burning candle
Non-luminous objects are which can not emit light on their own. These objects reflect light from luminous bodies
Examples: - Moon, Earth
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Explanation: 1 Mark each
Examples: 2 Marks
1. When an object does not let light pass through it, the object is known as opaque. We cannot see through them. Example: Wall.
2. If you are able to see clearly through an object, it is allowing the light to pass through it and is transparent. Example: Air, glass.
3. There are some objects through which we can see, but not very clearly. Such objects are known as translucent. Example: Wet glass.
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Shadow Formation: 2 Marks
Types of shadows: 2 Marks
Types of Objects: 1 Mark
A shadow is just a space or region where there is no light since an opaque object is blocking light rays. The position and intensity of the source of light affects the properties of the type of shadow that is formed.
Light sources can be either point or non-point (extended) in nature. If it is a point source of light, then it forms a simple shadow called an umbra. If it is an extended light source, the shadow is divided into the umbra, penumbra, and antumbra. They can also be used to define levels of darkness, as is sometimes done when dealing with sunspots.
No, only opaque objects can cast a shadow.
Classify the objects or materials given below as opaque, transparent or translucent and luminous or non-luminous:
Air, water, a piece of rock, a sheet of aluminium, a mirror, a wooden board, a CD, smoke, a sheet of plain glass, fog, a piece of red-hot iron, an umbrella, a lighted fluorescent tube, a wall, a sheet of carbon paper, the flame of a gas burner, a sheet of cardboard, a lighted torch, a sheet of cellophane, a wire mesh, kerosene stove, Sun, firefly, moon. [5 MARKS]
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Each Point: 1 Mark
Opaque: a piece of rock, a sheet of aluminum, a mirror, a wooden board, a CD, an umbrella, a wall, a sheet of carbon paper, a sheet of cardboard.
Transparent: Air, water, a sheet of plane glass, a sheet of cellophane.
Translucent: smoke, fog, a wire mesh.
Luminous: a piece of red-hot iron, a lighted fluorescent tube, the flame of a gas burner, a lighted torch, kerosene stove, Sun, firefly.
Non-luminous: Air, water, a piece of rock, a sheet of aluminum, a mirror, a wooden board, a sheet of polythene, a CD, smoke, a sheet of plane glass, fog, an umbrella, a wall, a sheet of carbon paper, a sheet of cardboard, a sheet of cellophane, a wire mesh, moon.
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C
A ray of light always travels in a straight line. It always tends to follow the quickest path between two points which is a straight line for a given medium.
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A
For a shadow to be formed, light should be obstructed by the object so that the screen behind it stays dark. Since transparent objects allows light to pass through them, they cannot form a shadow.
Translucent objects allows light to pass through them partially. Opaque objects do not allow light to pass through them. Therefore, translucent and opaque objects cast a shadow. Metals are opaque objects.
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A
Opaque objects don't allow the light to pass through them. Mirror doesn't allow light to pass through it. A beam of light gets reflected back after striking the mirror.