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प्रश्न
Why is it that the birds flying in the sky do not cast their shadow on the earth?
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उत्तर
We do not see the shadow of a bird flying high up in the air because in their shadow, the umbra is absent and the penumbra is too large and too faint that it is not visible as the distance of screen (i.e. earth) is very large from the object (i.e. bird).
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Fill in the blank.
The less dark portion of a shadow is called the .................
Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of umbra and penumbra both. Label the parts umbra and penumbra in your diagram.
In the following diagram, draw rays to form umbra on the screen.

State the conditions when only the penumbra of an opaque object is obtained on the screen.
Tick the correct answer.
Umbra is a region of
What are the essential conditions for the formation of shadow?
Sivarajan placed a meter stick in the playground at 7.00 am in the morning. How will the shadow of the stick at noon look in comparison to the one in the morning
What are the parts of shadow?
What are the properties of shadow?
What is a shadow? What things are necessary for the formation of a shadow?
The ______ is the darkest part of a shadow.
Three torches A, B and C shown in the following figure are switched on one by one. The light from which of the torches will not form a shadow of the ball on the screen.

Correct the following statements.
- The colour of the shadow of an object depends on its colour of the object.
- Transparent objects allow light to pass through them partially.
On a sunny day, does a bird or an aeroplane flying high in the sky cast its shadow on the ground? Under what circumstances can we see their shadow on the ground?
A torch is placed at two different positions A and B, one by one, as shown in the following figure.

The shape of the shadow obtained in two positions is shown in the following figure.

Match the position of the torch and shape of the shadow of the ball.
Three identical towels of red, blue and green colour are hanging on a clothes line in the sun. What would be the colour of shadows of these towels?
