Chapter 1 Light Rays

1. A body which emits light by itself is

a.
b.
c.
d.

Luminous body
NonLuminous body
Opaque body
Shadow

2. Penumbra is the region of

a. Complete darkness
b. Partial darkness
c. Partial brightness
d. Complete brightness
3. Speed of light in vacuum is
a. 300000 km/s
b. 300000 m/s
c. 30000 km/s
d. 30000 m/s
4. The direction of the path in which light is travelling is called a
a. Beam
b. Ray
c. Image
d. Vector
5. Light passes through __________ object.
a.
b.
c.
d.

transparent
translucent
opaque
all of the above

6. Light travels ____________ sound.

a.
b.
c.
d.

slower than
faster than
at same speed as
None of the above

7. Underline the letter, word, phrase or number which best completes each sentence.
a) Rays of light travel
slower than sound waves
outwards from our eyes

in straight lines
through all objects

b) An example of a luminous object is a

table

lens

mirror

fire

8. Use a ray diagram to show how the light forms the image in the pinhole camera. Use
arrows on the rays to show the direction of light.

Pinh
Pinhole
Camera

Obje

a. Write the characteristics of image formed in Pinhole camera?

b. What will happen to the image if the pinhole is made largers?

9. The diagram shows a lighthouse on a rock. It is night-time and there are boats at A, B,
C, D and E anchored in the water.

a. On which boat, A, B, C, D or E, would the light from the lighthouse be brightest?

b. Each boat makes a shadow on the water.

i)
Draw a rays on the diagram to show where the shadow of boat A will be.
ii)
Explain why the shadow forms there.

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10. If the Moon is 3.84

105 km from the earth, the Sun is 1.5 108 km from the

earth, and the speed of light is 3

travel from
a. The Moon to the earth

b. The Sun to the earth

105 km/s, calculate the time taken for light to