CLASS – 6 PHYSICS CHAPTER – 5 LIGHT EXERCISE

SOLUTIONS
A. Choose the correct option.
1. Which of the following material allows light 2. The central dark region of a shadow is called
to pass through it? the…………….
Answer : (d) Glass Answer : umbra

2. We can see objects in a bright room because 3. A shadow shows only……………colour.

: Answer : black
Answer : (b) the objects reflect the light falling
on them 4. When the moon comes directly between the
sun and the earth, the eclipse formed
3. Which of the following characteristics is not is…………….
exhibited by the shadow of an object? Answer : solar sclipse
Answer : (b) Same colour as object
5. A…………….eclipse can be viewed with the
4. The object that does not give out light on its naked eye.
own is the : Answer : lunar
Answer : (d) shining mirror
6. A……………..object produces light on its own.
5. Which of the following are translucent Answer : luminous
materials?
Answer : (b) B and C 7. Light travels in a……………line.
Answer : straight
6. In which of the following condition, does the
shadow form? 8. The image formed in a pinhole camera is
Answer : (c) When the object lies between the real and…………..
source of light and screen Answer : inverted

7. When does the lunar eclipse occur? 9. Lunar eclipse is caused on a……………..night.
Answer : (a) When the earth comes between Answer : full moon
the moon and the sun
C. Write T for True and F for False
8. A shadow is formed when the path of light is statements.
obstructed by : 1. Sun is the main source of light on the Earth.
Answer : (c) opaque object Answer : True

9. Shadow of an object depends on : 2. Planets are non-luminous.

Answer : (a) size and distance of the object Answer : True
from screen
3. Wood is opaque.
B. Fill in the blanks : Answer : True
1. Objects that do not allow light to pass
through are called…………..objects. 4. Butter paper is transparent.
Answer : opaque Answer : True
5. Light does not always travl in straight line. 2. Clean water, Glass, Frosted glass, Air
Answer : False Answer : Frosted glass

6. When an opaque object blocks the passage 3. Electric bulb, Paper, Candle, Sun
of light, it forms a dark patch on the Answer : Paper
screen,called shadow.
Answer : True 4. Firefly, Paper bag, Water bottle, Pencil box
Answer : Firefly
7. A shadow always resembles the shape and
size of the object. F. Answer the following questions in short.
Answer : False 1. Which of the following are the sources of
light?
8. A pinhole camera is a simple device used to Sun, Table, Moon, Star, Electric bulb, Firefly,
take photograph of stationary objects. Meteor, Planets, Mirror, Chair
Answer : True Answer : Sun, Star, Electric bulb, Firefly.

D. Name the following. 2. Why can you see the table and chair in a
1. This is a form of energy which causes the room during daytime?
sensation of vision. Answer : Because of reflection of light from
Answer : Light object to or eyes light emit from sun during
day time.
2. A phenomenon in which animals produce
their own light. 3. What name is given to the material (or
Answer : Bioluminescence object) :
(a) Which allows all the light to pass through it
3. An object that can emit its own light. at all?
Answer : Luminous (b) Which does not allow light to pass through it
at all?
4. A dark patch formed on a screen when an (c) Which allows light to pass through it only
opaque object comes between the source of partially?
light and the object. Answer : (a) Transparent objects.
Answer : Shadow (b) Opaque objects.
(c) Translucent objects.
5. A device working on the principle that light
travels in the straight line. 4. State any two observations from everyday
Answer : Pinhole camera life which show that light travels in straight
lines.
6. An opaque object. Answer :
Answer : Wood (i)The beams of light from the headlights of car,
scooter, buses, trucks, aeroplanes, and engines
7. An object which does not give out their own of train go straight in the darkness of night sho
light. wing that light travels in a straight line path.
Answer : Moon (ii)The straight beams of light coming out from t
he searchlights of airport tower tell us that light
E. Circle the odd one. State a reason for travels in a straight line path.
selection in your notebook.
1. Wooden board, Butter paper, Stone Book
Answer : Butter paper
5. Explain why, we often see bright circular G. Answer the following questions in
patches of light on the ground under a tree on detail.
a sunny day. 1. What is meant by (a) luminous objects, and
Answer : The bright circular patches of light (b) non-luminous objects? Name two luminous
under the tree is called pinhole images, the objects and two non-luminous objects. State
source of the light is the sun, the dry porous whether moon is a luminous object or a non-
leaves and the gaps between the leaves acts as luminous object.
the screen, and the phenomenon is known as Answer : Luminous Objects : An object which
diffraction of lights. gives out its own light is called luminous object.
For example : Sun, burning candle, lighted
6. State the characteristics of images formed in electric bulb, firefly (jugnu), etc.
a pinhole camera. Non-luminous Objects : An object which does
Answer : The image formed in a pinhole camera not give out its own light is called a non-
is real because it can be received on screen. luminous object.
Thus, a pinhole camera forms a real and For example : Table, chair, book, flower-pot,
inverted image of an object. plants, trees, clothes, etc.
Moon is a non-luminous object which does not
7. Why is the image formed in a pinhole have its own light. We can see the Moon
camera inverted? because it reflects sunlight into our eyes.
Answer : Due to the crossing-over of light rays
at the pinhole, the top of the tree comes at the 2. What is meant by (a) transparent materials,
bottom in the image, and the bottom of the (b) translucent materials, and (c) opaque
tree comes at the top in the image. It appears materials? Give two examples each of
as if the tree has been turned upside-down in transparent, translucent and opqaure
the image. The upside-down image of an object materials.
formed by a pinhole camera is called an Answer : Transparent materials : Those
inverted image. materials which allow all the light to pass
through them are called transparent materials.
8. What are the three things required to For example : The materials like glass,
observe a shadow? polythene, air, water and groundnut oil are
Answer : (i) a source of light. transparent materials.
(ii) an opaque object (to obstruct the path of Translucent materials : Those materials which
light). allow only some of the light to pass through
(iii) a screen on which the shadow can be seen. them are called translucent materials.
For example : The materials like ground-glass
9. What conclusion do you get from the fact (frosted glass), butter paper (tracing paper),
that when an object is placed in the path of tissue paper, oiled paper, muddy water, etc are
light, a shadow is formed behind the object? translucent materials.
Answer : Conclusion that we get from fact that Opaque materials : Those materials which do
when an object is placed in the path of not allow any light to pass through them are
light a shadow is formed behind the object is called opaque materials.
that light always travel in straight line For example : The materials like cardboard,
and light rays are never deviated from this book, wooden, door, metal sheet, brick wall,
straight line and do not show any bending. stone, etc. are all opaque materials.
3. Prove that light travels in a straight line with Lunar Eclipse Solar Eclipse
the help of an activity. When the moon When the light from the
Answer : Take three cardboards of the same remains hidden as sun gets blocked by the
size. Stack them together and make a hole in the shadow of the moon, thus casting a
each by driving a nail through all of them. Earth falls on it. shadow on the Earth.
Mount each cardboard upright on the table
using moulding clay, plasticine or even kneaded Picture-Based Questions
atta (dough). Take a candle with the wick at 1. Jagan has made holes in three cardboards of
about the same height as the hole in the upright equal size. He then mounts them on a table in
cardboard. Mount the candle and light it. Adjust such a manner that they are at the same
the three cardboards 1, 2 and 3 in a line. Now height and in a straight line. He moves a board
check if all the three holes are in a straight line. about 1 cm. He places a candle at the other
You can use a candle and thread to check this. end of the board. Can he see the candle?
Now you see the light through card 3 and if you
move any card about 1 cm then you couldn’t
see the light.
This observations shows that light travels in a
straight line. Hence, we cannot see the light
when we move the card. This property of light is
called rectilinear propagation of light.
Answer : Observation : (i) When the all three
holes present in the cardboard are in a straight
line then we can see the light coming from the
candle and this shows that light travels in a
straight line. This property of light is called
rectilinear propagation of light.
(ii) When we move any card about 1 cm then
4. What are the factors that affect the size of we cannot see the light. This also shows that
the image produced by a pinhole camera? light travels in a straight line.
Answer : The size of the image formed by a
pinhole carmera depends on the distance of the 2. Which of the following objects form a
object from the camera. The size of image shadow?
formed by a pinhole camera can be smaller
than the object, equal to the object or bigger
than the object depending on the distance of
the object from the pinhole camera. Father the
object from the pinhole camera, smaller will be Answer : Objects (b) and (c) forms a dark
its image. shadow because these are opaque objects.
Objects (a), (c) and (d) forms a light shadow
5. What are eclipses? Write the difference because these are translucent objects.
between a lunar eclipse and a solar eclipse.
Answer : Eclipse : An astronomical event that Application-based Questions
occurs when one celestial object moves into the 1. Do the following activity and fill in the
shadow of another. blanks.
Difference between a lunar eclipse and a solar A Natural Pinhole Camera
eclipse : You can observe pinhole camera effect in
everyday life. On a sunny day, pass under a tree
covered with a very large number of leaves, you
can see bright circular patches of light on the
ground (under the tree). These bright circular
patches of light are the pinhole images of the
sun. This is because the small holes between
the clusters of leaves act as……………..and light
coming from the sun passes through these
natural pinholes to form bright circular images
of the………………on the ground below the shady
tree. In this case, the sun is the…………….., the
tiny gaps between leaves are the………………and
the ground acts as the………………..
Answer : pinholes, sun, object, pinholes, screen.

2. Go to a room. Switch off all the lights and

pull the curtains of the window(s) and close
the door(s). Can you observe any shadow?
Answer : No, we cannot observe any shadow in
a dark room. Because shadows are form when
an object is placed in front of a source of light,
but here there is no source of light. That’s why
we cannot observe any shadow in a dark room.