1. What is a Pendulum?

2. Who invented the Pendulum and what nationality was he?

3. What two things did this man notice about the Pendulum ?

4. Where and when was the first Pendulum set up?

5. How long is Focaults Pendulum?

6. What keeps the Pendulum in motion?

Tick the correct answer:

7. Who devised the Impulse System?

Sir Richard Lamport

Sir Brian Pippard

Sir Oliver Clayton

8. Which University was he from?

Oxford

Harvard

Cambridge

Edinburgh

9. Where should the pendulum be positioned to

 Spin beneath it?

North

South

Earth

West

10. Where should it be positioned so that you can see no spin?

Tropic of Capricorn

Tropic of Cancer

Equator

11. How long does it take in London for the Pendulum to return to it’s start position?

26 hours

39.3 hours

30.5 hours

12. Draw a diagram of the pendulum and label it?