Measuring Time
Physics: Cambridge International GCSE Supplement, topic 1.1.3
Time
Time is measured with stopwatches or timers. Timers can be analogue or digital.
Analogue
- Timers can be analogue, where a pointer moves continuously to tell the time.
Digital
- Some timers do not move continuously to tell the time.
- These are digital timers.
Test yourself on Measuring Time
Which of these is not a kind of timer?
Which is true of timers?
What is the SI unit of time?