CBSE Class 6 Science Light Shadows and Reflections Worksheet Set 01

Question. If the sun, the moon and the earth are in an arrangement as shown here. Which of these would be the view seen from a place P on the earth?

Answer : B

Question. The figure here shows a burglar alarm which uses infra-red light to help detect a burglar.  Which of these correctly describes how?

(a) A beam of bright light across the poles makes the burglar visible.
(b) An invisible beam will be blocked from reaching the other end.
(c) Any person walking between the poles would get an electric shock.
(d) The beam creates a force field that cannot be crossed at all. 

Answer : B

Question. When light falls on a body, three things can happen to it. Light can be reflected, absorbed or transmitted. If almost all the light that falls on an object is transmitted then the object is likely to be a/an
(a) small mirror
(b) card board piece
(c) piece of glass
(d) oil paper

Answer : C

Question. Light from a torch is shone onto a translucent plastic sheet and a table tennis bat as shown. Which of the following images will be seen on the screen?

Answer : C

Question. Anil enters the trial room of a shop to try on the jeans he wants to purchase. He finds that he is in between two parallel mirrors facing each other. How many images of himself does he see? 

(a) one
(b) two
(c) four
(d) more than ten

Answer : D

Question. Which of these is OPAQUE?
(a) cooking oil
(b) a mirror
(c) spectacles
(d) river water

Answer : B

Question. Which among the given arrangements represent the formation of a SOLAR ECLIPSE?

Answer : A

Question. Ramesh has noted the length of the shadow of a stick at different times of the day and drawn this graph.  Answer the question using this graph.
Which among the following is the correct statement?

(a) The length of the shadow increases from morning to evening.
(b) The length of the shadow decreases from morning to evening.
(c) The length of the shadow remains the same throughout the day.
(d) The length of the shadow first decreases and then increases again.

Answer : D

Question. Ramesh has noted the length of the shadow of a stick at different times of the day and drawn this graph.  Answer the question using this graph.
The shadow length was not noted at 4pm. At 4pm it would have been closest to which of these?

(a) 4 Cm
(b) 5 Cm
(c) 9 Cm
(d) 13 Cm

Answer : C

Question. The shadow of a tree at night due to a suspended light P is shown below. 
How will the length of the shadow change if bigger lights Q or R are used instead of P but in the same position?

(a) The shadow will be longer.
(b) The shadow will be shorter.
(c) The shadow length will not change.
(d) The shadow shape and orientation themselves will change.

Answer : C

Question. Sachin is having his food while sitting in front of a plane mirror. If Sachin eats with his right hand, his reflection in the mirror eats with
(a) his left hand which is of the same size as Sachin's left hand.
(b) his left hand which is of the same size as Sachin's right hand.
(c) his right hand which is of the same size as Sachin's right hand.
(d) his right hand which is larger in size than Sachin's right hand.

Answer : B

                      Questions

            Very Short Answer

Q1)      Which object do not form a shadow?

Q2)      Define luminous objects?

Q3)      How does light travel?

Q4)      On which principle a pinhole camera is based?

Q5)      How we get the clear images?

           

            Short Answer

Q6)      How will we use pinhole camera to see the solar eclipse?

Q7)      What is shadow and how it is formed?

Q8)      What is meant by lateral inversion?

Q9)      What are the characteristics of the shadow?

Q10)    What do you mean by the reflection of light?

           

            Long Answer

Q11)    What is the principle of pinhole camera? State the characteristics of the image formed in the pinhole camera?

Q12)    State the difference between image and shadow?

Q13)    State the difference between luminous objects and non-luminous objects?

Q14)    State the difference between transparent objects and translucent objects?

Q15)    State the difference between translucent objects and opaque objects?

 

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