The history of the development of clocks continued in Europe, and starting a few hundred years after the building of the Su Sung, clocks were developed that kept time due to other natural phenomenon, mostly related to natural motion – the pulling of gravity, the swinging of pendulums, and finally, the released tension of coiled springs, a mechanism which, for the first time, allowed portable watches to become a reality.
Questions
Label the diagram below.
Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.
Classify the following features according to the type of clock:
A) Sundials
B) Water Clocks
C) Other kinds of clocks
Write the correct letter, A, B or C in boxes 7-10 on your answer sheet.
7) Developed in Europe after the Su Sung
8) Served purposes other than telling time
9) Were easily portable
10) Oldest recorded time-keeping device
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Answers
1) Obelisk
2) Sundial
3) Gnomon
4) Face
5) Water clock / Clepsydra
6) Reservoir
7) C
8) B
9) C
10) A