NCERT Solutions for Class 6 Science Chapter 11
Important NCERT Questions
Class 6th Chapter 11 Light, Shadows and Reflections
NCERT Books for Session 2022-2023
CBSE Board and State Board
Questions No: 11
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.
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Opaque : A piece of rock, a sheet of aluminium, a mirror, a wooden board, a CD, 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, kerosene stove, sun, firefly, moon.
Transparent : Air, water.
Translucent : A sheet of polythene, smoke, a sheet of plane glass, fog, a sheet of cellophane, a wire mesh.
Luminous : A piece of red hot iron, a lighted fluorescent tube, the flame of a gas burner, a lighted torch, sun, firefly.
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, an umbrella, a wall, a sheet of carbon paper, a sheet of cardboard, a sheet of cellophane, a wire mesh, kerosene stove, moon.
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Opaque materials (do not allow light to pass through):
1. Piece of rock
2. Sheet of aluminium
3. Mirror
4. Wooden board
5. CD
6. Piece of red hot iron
7. Umbrella
8. Wall
9. Sheet of carbon paper
10. Sheet of cardboard
11. Wire mesh
12. Kerosene stove
Transparent materials (allow light to pass through clearly):
1. Air
2. Water
3. Sheet of plain glass
Translucent materials (allow some light but not a clear view):
1. Sheet of polythene
2. Smoke
3. Fog
4. Sheet of cellophane
Luminous materials (emit light):
1. Flame of a gas burner
2. Lighted fluorescent tube
3. Lighted torch
4. Sun
5. Firefly
Non-luminous materials (do not emit light):
1. All materials except those listed as luminous
This classification helps understand which materials allow light to pass through, whether they emit light, and the distinction between opaque, transparent, and translucent materials.