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CBSE Class 6 Science Chapter 11 - Light, Shadows and Reflections Important Questions 2022-23

This document contains questions and answers about light, shadows, reflections, and other optical phenomena from a 6th grade science textbook chapter. It defines luminous and non-luminous objects, transparent, translucent, and opaque materials. It also describes the properties of shadows, how to demonstrate that light travels in straight lines, classifies example objects, and explains how mirrors work and how to construct a simple pinhole camera.

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CBSE Class 6 Science Chapter 11 - Light, Shadows and Reflections Important Questions 2022-23

This document contains questions and answers about light, shadows, reflections, and other optical phenomena from a 6th grade science textbook chapter. It defines luminous and non-luminous objects, transparent, translucent, and opaque materials. It also describes the properties of shadows, how to demonstrate that light travels in straight lines, classifies example objects, and explains how mirrors work and how to construct a simple pinhole camera.

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Important Questions for Class 6

Science

Chapter 11 – Light Shadows and Reflections

Very Short Answer Questions: 1 Mark

Define the following:

1. Luminous objects
Ans: Luminous items are those that can produce their own light. Luminous items
include the sun, star, moon, lit candle, and so on.

2. Non-luminous objects
Ans: Non-luminous items are those that do not produce their own light. Non-
luminous things include books, cardboard, cloth, and paper.

3. Transparent
Ans: Transparent objects are those that allow all light to pass through them fully.
These things allow one to see right through them. Transparent items include air, clear
water, and cellophane tape.

4. Translucent
Ans: Translucent objects are those that allow just a small amount of light to flow
through them. One can only see through such items partially and not very well.
Translucent things include oiled paper, coloured glass panes, coloured solutions, and
so forth.

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5. Opaque
Ans: Opaque objects are those that do not allow any light to flow through them at
all.

These items are impossible to see through. Opaque items include cardboard, metal,
wood, and other materials.

Short Answer Questions: 3 Marks

6. What are shadows? Mention the properties of shadows.


Ans: A shadow is a dark area created by an opaque object blocking light from a
source of light.

I. Shadow of any object/person is erect.


II. Shadow forms a real image.

7. Demonstrate that light moves in a straight line.


Ans: Stepwise process to demonstrate that light moves in a straight line:

I. Light a candle.
II. See the burning candle through a straight pipe (shown below).

III. Second time, view the burning candle through a bent pipe (shown below).
Result: The first time you viewed the candle through a straight pipe light reached
your eyes whereas in the second attempt you could not see the light.

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8. Classify the following objects as luminous or non-luminous: Air, star, book,
torch, lit matchstick, burning candle.

Ans:

Air Non-Luminous

Star Luminous

Book Non-Luminous

Torch Luminous

Lit Matchstick Luminous

Burning Candle Luminous

9. Classify the following as transparent, translucent or opaque: Oiled paper,


clear water, aluminium foil, cardboard, air, coloured glass pane.

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Ans:

Oiled Paper Translucent

Clear Water Translucent

Aluminium Foil Opaque

Cardboard Opaque

Air Translucent

Coloured Glass Plane Translucent

10. What is a mirror? How does it work?


Ans: A smooth shiny surface that reflects a clear image of an item is referred to as
a mirror. The image in the mirror is created by light rays reflecting off the surface.
The object's light hits the mirror and bounces or reflects back at the same angle. The
image of the thing in the mirror is created by the reflection of light rays. Mirrors are
often made of glass with a metal coating. Due to reflections, the images generated
in the mirror are inverted.

Refer to Page 4 - 5 for 5 Mark Questions in the PDF

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Long Answer Questions: 5 Marks
1. Explain the construction of a pinhole camera.
Ans: A pinhole camera is made up of two boxes that may simply slide into each
other without leaving any gaps. Each box has one side ripped out. A small pinhole
is formed in the centre of the larger box's opposite surface. A little square is glued
on the opposite surface of the smaller box. A translucent paper is used to cover the
sliced portion. The pinhole in the smaller box is facing the square strip as it is slid
into the larger box. The open face of the little box is used to observe a distant object
while keeping light from behind blocked out. The smaller box is dragged forward or
backwards until the object's picture is obtained on the larger box screen that is
translucent.

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