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Science_Light, Reflection and Shadow

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Those sources of light which exist in nature are called ___________

a)

Artificial sources

b)

Natural sources

c)

Man made sources

d)

None of these

e)

All of these

2.

Those light which allow all the light to pass through them are called __________________________

a)

Transparent materials

b)

Opaque materials

c)

Translucent materials

d)

All of these

3.

Examples of transparent materials are ____________

a)

Air, glass, water

b)

Chair, table, pencil

c)

Butter paper, oiled paper, molten wax

d)

All of these

4.

Light is the fastest thing in the universe that travels at a speed of _________

a)

3x8 8 m\s

b)

3x10 8 m\s

c)

3x21 8 m\s

d)

18x27 8 m\s

5.

Certain substances emit light when rubbed or scratched . Such substances are called as _____________________________ substances

a)

Triboluminescence

b)

biboluminescence

c)

Both of them

d)

None of them

6.

Objects which emit their own light are called ___________ substances

a)

Luminous

b)

Non- luminous

c)

None of these

d)

Other..

7.

Objects which do not emit their own light are called___________ substances

a)

Luminous

b)

Non- luminous

c)

None of these

d)

Other..

8.

When light hits an area and bounces back it is called:

a)

echo

b)

refraction

c)

reflection

d)

absorbing

9.

The light that comes from the sun is a combination of seven different colours and is known as ________________________

a)

White light

b)

Black light

c)

Colourful light

d)

Other..

10.

Those which have been made by man are called man made or artificial sources of light

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The size of our shadow changes according to the position of _______

a)

Sun

b)

Moon

c)

Other..

d)

All

12.

Which of the following allow all the light to pass through them?

a)

Book

b)

White cloth

c)

Air

d)

Shiny surface of a metal

13.

Opaque objects allow all the light to pass through them

True/False

a)

True

b)

False

14.

On some days, the Moon comes exactly in between the sun and and the Earth and the shadow of the moon falls on the Earth. This is called a ____________

a)

Solar eclipse

b)

Lunar eclipse

c)

Eclipse

d)

None of them

15.

A pinhole camera is the simplest camera without a ______

a)

Lens

b)

Camera

c)

Both of them

d)

None of them

16.

A _________ occurs on a full moon day

a)

Lunar eclipse

b)

Solar eclipse

c)

Moon

d)

Sun

17.

______________ is an optical instrument that forms an image of an object on a screen

a)

Pinhole camera

b)

Lunar eclipse

c)

Shadow

d)

Reflection

18.

The principle behind the pin hole camera is

a)

Curvilinear propagation of light

b)

Rectilinear propagation of light

c)

Image

d)

shadow

19.
What does the moon do?
a)
produces light
b)
reflects the suns light
c)
produces heat
20.

A transparent object cannot cast a shadow.....Why?

Give a reason {One point}

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