Important Questions Test: Light - Class 7 MCQ

• When light falls on a shiny surface, it doesn't get absorbed or disappear.
• Instead, it changes direction. Imagine light as a bouncy ball hitting a shiny wall – it bounces off in another direction.
• This bouncing of light off shiny surfaces helps us see reflections and images around us. So, when light meets something shiny, it doesn't go through or vanish; it reflects and changes its path!

Light travels along a straight line means light moves in a direct path without bending or curving. Just like drawing a straight line from one point to another without any curves or turns.

• In the world around us, light can sometimes change its path when it falls on shiny objects. Imagine light like a bouncing ball.
• When light hits a shiny surface, it can bounce off in a different direction, just like how a ball bounces off a wall.
• This change in direction is called reflection of light.
• So, when light falls on a shiny surface, it can indeed change its path, making the statement True.

In a plane mirror, the image is the same size as you, stands upright (erect), and is reversed left to right (laterally inverted).

• The image in a plane mirror appears erect, meaning it stands upright, just like the object in front of it.
• Unlike lenses or curved mirrors, a plane mirror does not change the size of the image; it remains the same size as the object.
• The image is laterally inverted, which means it is reversed from left to right, but it is not inverted in the up-down direction.

• When Boojho saw his image in a plane mirror, the image he saw was actually of the same size as him. In a plane mirror, the size of the image is the same as the size of the object.
• So, the statement is False.
• The mirror shows exactly the same size of the object, not smaller or larger.

Concave mirrors are used by the doctors for examining eyes, ears and throat. Concave mirrors are used to obtain an enlarged image of these organs.

• Yes, light can pass through both convex and concave lenses.
• Convex lenses are thicker in the middle and thinner at the edges, like a magnifying glass, while concave lenses are thinner in the middle and thicker at the edges.
• Convex lenses can converge light rays, bringing them together, while concave lenses diverge light rays, spreading them apart.
• So, it is True that light can pass through both convex and concave lenses, helping us see things differently!

• When you hold a convex lens in the path of sunrays and adjust the distance until you see a bright spot on the paper, the paper begins to burn.
• This happens because the convex lens concentrates the sunlight on the paper, making it hot enough to start burning.
• It's important to remember to be very careful when working with lenses and sunlight as they can get very hot and cause burns.

A convex lens bends light rays inward to meet at a focal point, making it a converging lens in scientific terms.