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Light, Shadows and Reflections question types

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Light, Shadows and Reflections questions

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On the basis of above figure. Light from which source will form shadow on the screen $S?$
  • A
    Light source $A.$
  • B
    Light source $B.$
  • Light source $C.$
  • D
    All the above.

Answer: C.

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Assertion – Never ever look directly at the sun that could be extremely harmful for eyes. Reason – Pin hole camera can be used to brightly little objects.
  • A
     Assertion and reason both are correct statement and reason is correct explanation for assertion.
  •  Assertion and reason both are correct statement and reason is not correct explanation for assertion.
  • C
     Assertion is correct statement but reason is wrong statement.
  • D
    Assertion is wrong statement but reason is correct statement.

Answer: B.

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Assertion – When light falls on the mirror it get reflected. Reason – When light falls on transparent object reflection of light happed. 
  • Assertion and reason both are correct statement and reason is correct explanation for assertion. 
  • B
     Assertion and reason both are correct statement and reason is not correct explanation for assertion. 
  • C
     Assertion is correct statement but reason is wrong statement. 
  • D
     Assertion is wrong statement but reason is correct statement.

Answer: A.

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Assertion – there are three types of objects which frequently allowed the passing of light. Reason – transparent objects do not allow pass through them. 
  • A
    Assertion and reason both are correct statement and reason is correct explanation for assertion. 
  • B
    Assertion and reason both are correct statement and reason is not correct explanation for assertion. 
  • Assertion is correct statement but reason is wrong statement. 
  • D
    Assertion is wrong statement but reason is correct statement.

Answer: C.

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Activity.Fix a comb on one side of a large thermocol sheet and fix a mirror on the other side as shown in the figure. Spread a dark-coloured sheet of paper between the mirror and the comb. Keep this in sunlight or send a beam of light from a torch through the comb.
What do you observe? Do you get a pattern similar to that shown in figure?
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A football match is being played at night in a stadium with flood lights $ON$. You can see the shadow of a football kept at the ground but cannot see its shadow when it is kicked high in the air. Explain.
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A student had a ball, a screen and a torch in working condition. He tried to form a shadow of the ball on the screen by placing them at different positions. Sometimes the shadow was not obtained. Explain.
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Activity.Place a chair in the school ground on a sunny day. What do you observe from the shadow of the chair?
  1. Does the shadow give an accurate picture of the shape of the chair? If the chair is turned around a little, how does the shape of the shadow change?
  2. Take a thin notebook and look at its shadow. Then, take a rectangular box and look at its shadow. Do the two shadows seem to have a similar shape?
  3. Take flowers or other objects of different colours and look at their shadows. A red rose and a yellow rose, for instance. Do the shadows look different in colour, when the colours of the objects are different?
  4. Take a long box and look at its shadow on the ground. When you move the box around, you may see that the size of the shadow changes. When is the shadow of the box the shortest, when the long side of the box is pointed towards the Sun or when the short side is pointing towards the Sun?
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The diagram shows a light source, an opaque object and a screen.
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$6.$ What will be the shape of the shadow on the screen?
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$7.$ Why does a rubber ball cast a shadow but a glass ball does not? r.
$8.$ What makes us see ourselves when we stand in front of a mirror?

 
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