Shadows
Shadows: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Shadow, Eclipse, Formation of Shadows, Shadow Puppetry and, Formation of Shadows Using Opaque Object
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.
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.
The size of the shadow of an object depends on which of these factors?
(i) The distance between the object and the light source.
(ii) The distance between the object and the screen.
A torch is placed at four different positions as shown in the figure below.
At which of these positions of the torch will there be a shadow of the ball visible on the screen?
The picture below is the shadow of an object.
Which of the following arrangements can form a similar shadow?
The picture below shows the shadow of a man cast by sunlight.
Which of these is the possible time of the day when such a shadow can form?
Shown below are four objects and their shadows that were drawn by a student. One of the shadows drawn is incorrect.
Identify the object whose shadow was drawn incorrectly.
Which of these objects form a circular shadow when light falls on them from the top?
