Differentiate between mechanical stopwatches and digital stopwatches.
Physics Class 9 (SSC-1), Conceptual Question No.5 Unit-1: Physical Quantities and Measurement (National Book Foundation as Federal Text Book, Islamabad) Q. Differentiate between mechanical stopwatches and digital stopwatches. Answer: MECHANICAL/ANALOGUE STOPWATCH: A mechanical stopwatch can measure a time interval of up to 0.1 seconds. It has a knob that is used to wind the spring that powers the watch. It can also be used as a start stop and reset button. It has two circular dials, a large circular dial in which the second hand of the watch rotates, and a small circular dial in which the minute hand of the watch rotates as shown in the figure. The watch starts and stops by pressing the knob at top of it, pressing it for some time will reset the watch back to zero. DIGITAL STOPWATCH: A digital stopwatch can measure a time interval of up to 0.01 seconds. The digital stopwatch is usually controlled by two ...