Question
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

Object
Object is Transparent/Translucent/Opaque
Object is Luminous/Nonluminous
Air
Transparent
Non-luminous
Water
Transparent
Non-luminous
Piece of rock
Opaque
Non-luminous
Sheet of aluminium
Opaque
Non-luminous
Mirror
Opaque
Non-luminous
Wooden board
Opaque
Non-luminous
Sheet of polythene
Translucent
Non-luminous
$CD$
Translucent
Non-luminous
Smoke
Translucent
Non-luminous
Sheet of plane glass
Transparent
Non-luminous
Fog
Translucent
Non-luminous
Piece of red hot iron
Opaque
Luminous
Umbrella
Opaque
Non-luminous
Lighted fluorescent tube
Opaque
Luminous
Wall
Opaque
Non-luminous
Sheet of carbon paper
Opaque
Non-luminous
Flame of a gas burner
Translucent
Luminous
Sheet of cardboard
Opaque
Non-luminous
Lighted torch
Opaque
Luminous
Sheet of cellophane
Translucent
Non-luminous
Wire mesh
Translucent
Non-luminous
Kerosene stove
Opaque
Luminous
Sun
Opaque
Luminous
Firefly
Opaque
Luminous
Moon
Opaque
Non-luminous

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