Question

2. What are the characteristics of a shadow?
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Answer 1

Answer:

Four characteristics of shadow are:

• It is always either large or same size as that of the object.
• It always black in colour.
• Its position changes depending upon the position of source of light.
• it needs a screen for being formed.

Answer 2

Characteristics of a shadow : 1) It depends on shape of the object. 2)It depends on source of light whether it is plane parallel rays or spherical. 3) It depends on position of the object whether the object is at infinite or finite distance. 4) It depends on the position of source of light