Shadows
Shadows: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Shadow, Formation of Shadows, Formation of Shadows Using Opaque Object, Eclipse and Shadow Puppetry.
Important Questions on Shadows
Shadows can be used for recreational activities. Do you agree with this statement? Justify your answer.
Shadow puppetry is an ancient form of story telling.
Shadow of an object can looks exactly the same as the object.
If the sun is in the East, a shadow formed will be in the West.
Can you make a shadow by using a light source and a plane glass? Explain.
Observe the question and answer the question.
Which direction does her shadow fall?
Deepu is of the opinion that solar and lunar eclipses occur because the earth and the moon are opaque. Do you agree with this? Explain.
When moon comes in between the sun and the earth, lunar eclipse occurs.
Have you ever seen your shadow in a dark room?
Hint: How does a shadow form?
Unscramble the letters S H P E A by analysing the clues given below.
A shadow cannot show the colour and other details of an object, but it shows me.
Unscramble the letters D O W S A H to answer the question:
I get bigger when a thing comes closer to light and smaller when a thing moves away from light.
The picture below shows a dog along with its shadow.
Which of these is the time-of-the-day the above picture represent?
Identify the pictures in which the dark patch on the screen is the shadow of the corresponding object.
