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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 aluminium, 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, moon.

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Opaque objects: Objects that do not allow light to pass through them are called opaque objects.

Example: A piece of rock, a sheet of aluminium, a mirror, a wooden board, a CD, 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, kerosene stove, sun, Firefly, moon.

Transparent objects: Objects that allow light to completely pass through them are called transparent objects.

Example: Air, water.

Translucent objects: Objects that allow light to pass through them partially are called translucent objects.

Example: A sheet of polythene, smoke, a sheet of plane glass, fog, a sheet of cellophane, a wire mesh.

Luminous objects: Objects that give out or emit light of their own are called luminous objects.

Example: A piece of red-hot iron, a lighted fluorescent tube, the flame of a gas burner, a lighted torch, sun, Firefly.

Non - luminous objects: Objects that do not emit light of their own are called non-luminous objects.

Examples: Air, water, a piece of rock, a sheet of aluminium, a mirror, a wooden board, a sheet of polythene, a CD, smoke, a sheet of plane glass, fog, an umbrella, a wall, a sheet of carbon paper, a sheet of cardboard, a sheet of cellophane, a wire mesh, kerosene stove, moon.


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