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Time measuring devices

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which factors affect the time period of a sand clock?

a)

Sand quantity and roughness

b)

Bulb size

c)

The narrow neck of glass

d)

glass bulbs

2.

Which of these is NOT a unit of time?

a)

Second

b)

Minute

c)

Plankton

d)

Pascal

3.

An atomic clock doesn’t gain or lose a second in over

a)

50 billion years

b)

20 million years

c)

30 million years

d)

78 trillion years

4.

Which principle is the water clock based on?

(a)  

5.

The IST is how many hours ahead or behind the GMT?

a)

4 hrs 30 mins behind

b)

5 hrs 30 min ahead

c)

6 hrs 30 min behind

d)

5 hrs 40 mins ahead

6.

How does an atomic clock measure time?

clue: atoms

(a)  

7.

Which principle is the sundial based on?

a)

shadow formation

b)

sunlight

c)

VIBGYOR formation

d)

vibration of atoms

8.

When was the water clock first used?

a)

4000 BCE

b)

2000 BCE

c)

500 CE

d)

1000 BCE

9.

Write one disadvantage of sundial

4 lines
10.

The hands of a quartz crystal vibrate how many times per second?

a)

31,835

b)

27,937

c)

32,768

d)

32,934

11.

GIve an example of a way to measure time that wasn't listed in the lesson.

4 lines
12.

Challenge question:

What do you think is the formula for speed?

(a)