Adarsha Shikshan Mandali’s

Abhinava Vidyalaya English Medium Primary School, Pune

Std VI- Light and the Formation of Shadows
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Q1. 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 sheet of
polythene, a CD, smoke, a sheet of plane 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
Q2. Fill in the blanks:
a. The phenomenon by which we see our face in mirror is called _____.
b. Sun is an ________ object.
c. Wooden piece is an _________ object.
d. The objects which partially allow light to pass through them are called
________________.
e) Image formed by pinhole camera is__________________________
f) Butter paper is a _________________object.
g) Light travels along a ________________path.
h) The shadow of coloured object is __________________

Q3. State whether the following are TRUE OR FALSE:

a. Wood is a transparent object.

b. Shadow is two dimensional.
c. Stars and sun are natural source of light.
d. Mirror changes direction of light that falls on it.
e. The shadows can be seen only on a screen.

Q4. Match the following:

Column A Column B
translucent Wood
opaque Torch bulb
Transparent Butter paper
Luminous Glass
Water
Sun