NCERT Solutions Class 6 Science
The NCERT Solutions in English Language for Class 6 Science Chapter – 11 (Light, Shadows and Reflection) has been provided here to help the students in solving the questions from this exercise.
Chapter – 11 (Light, Shadows and Reflection)
1. Rearrange the boxes given below to make a sentence that helps us understand opaque objects.
| OWS | AKE | OPAQ | UEO | BJEC | TSM | SHAD |
Answer – The given boxes can be rearranged to form ‘Opaque Objects Make Shadows’ as shown below.
| OPAQ | UEO | BJEC | TSM | AKE | SHAD | OWS |
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.
Answer –
| Objects | Opaque | Transparent | Translucent | Luminous | 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 |
✓ | — | — | — | ✓ |
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?
Answer – 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.
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?
Answer – No, we will not see the image because there is no light.
NCERT Solutions for Class 6 Science
- Chapter 1 – Food Where Does It Come From
- Chapter 2 – Components of Food
- Chapter 3 – Fibre to Fabric
- Chapter 4 – Sorting Materials Into Groups
- Chapter 5 – Separation of Substances
- Chapter 6 – Changes Around Us
- Chapter 7 – Getting to Know Plants
- Chapter 8 – Body Movements
- Chapter 9 – The Living Organisms and Their Surroundings
- Chapter 10 – Motion and Measurement of Distances
- Chapter 12 – Electricity and Circuits
- Chapter 13 – Fun with Magnets
- Chapter 14 – Water
- Chapter 15 – Air Around Us
- Chapter 16 – Garbage In, Garbage Out
