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NCERT Solutions for 6th Class Science: Chapter 11-Light, Shadows and Reflections
NCERT 6th Science Chapter 11, class 6 Science Chapter 11 solutions
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1. Rearrange the boxes given below to make a sentence that helps us understand opaque objects.
Answer
Opaque Objects Make Shadow
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2. 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.
Answer
Opaque objects: a piece of rock, a sheet of aluminium, a mirror, a wooden board, a CD, an umbrella, a wall, a sheet of carbon paper, a sheet of cardboard
Transparent objects: Air, Water, a sheet of polythene, a sheet of plane glass, a sheet of cellophane, a wire mesh
Translucent objects: smoke, fogL
uminous objects: A piece of red hot iron, a lighted fluorescent bulb, the flame of a gas burner, a lighted torch, kerosene torch, sun, firefly
Non-luminous object: 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, an umbrella, a wall, a sheet of carbon paper, a sheet of cardboard, a sheet of cellophane, a wire mesh, moon.
3. Can you think of creating a shape that would give a circular shadow if held in one way and a rectangular shadow if held in another way?
Answer
A cylindrical shape can give a circular shadow when light is incident from its top or bottom. It will give a rectangular shadow when light is incident from its side.
4. In a completely dark room, if you hold up a mirror in front of you, will you see a reflection of yourself in the mirror?
Answer
No, we will not be able to see our reflection in the mirror because there is no source of light in the room.
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NCERT Solutions for 6th Class Science: Chapter 11-Light, Shadows and Reflections
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Chapterwise NCERT Solutions for Class 6 Science :
- Chapter 1 Food: Where Does It Come From?
- Chapter 2 Components of Food
- Chapter 3 Fibre to Fabric
- Chapter 4 Sorting Materials Into Groups
- Chapter 5 Separation of Substances
- Chapter 6 Changes Around Us
- Chapter 7 Getting to Know Plants
- Chapter 8 Body Movements
- Chapter 9 The Living Organisms and Their Surroundings
- Chapter 10 Motion and Measurement of Distances
- Chapter 11 Light, Shadows and Reflection
- Chapter 12 Electricity and Circuits
- Chapter 13 Fun with Magnets
- Chapter 14 Water
- Chapter 15 Air Around Us
- Chapter 16 Garbage In, Garbage Out
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