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NCERT Solutions for Class 6 Science Chapter 11 Light Shadows and Reflection
1. Rearrange the boxes given below to make a sentence that helps us understand opaque objects.

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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 aluminum, 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, the moon.
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Opaque | Transparent | Translucent | Luminous | Non-luminous |
a piece of rock | Air | A sheet of polythene | A lightened fluorescent tube | A mirror |
a sheet of aluminum | Water | Fog | the flame of a gas burner | A piece of rock |
A CD | A sheet of plane glass | A sheet of cellophane | a lighted torch | A wire mesh |
Smoke | Firefly | Iron | ||
Iron | Stove | A wall | ||
An umbrella | Sun | |||
A wall | 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?
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Yes, there are many things which give a circular shadow if held in one way and a rectangular shadow if held in another way. For example: a cylinder, a circular disc etc.
(a). Getting circular shadow with a cylinder

(b). Getting a rectangular shadow with a cylinder.

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?
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No, in a completely dark room no image will be formed because there is no light in the room so no reflection of light takes place and no image will be formed.
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