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Moon has no atmosphere and acceleration due to gravity at its surface is one-sixth that at the earth surface. When a pendulum is taken from earth to moon surface, its time period will: - Physics

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Moon has no atmosphere and acceleration due to gravity at its surface is one-sixth that at the earth's surface. When a pendulum is taken from earth to moon surface, its time period will:

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  •  Increase

  • decrease

  • Not change

  • becomes infinite.

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Solution

When a pendulum is taken from earth to moon surface, its time period will increase because the acceleration due to gravity on the moon is less than that on earth and the time period depends inversely on the square root of acceleration due to gravity.
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Chapter 1: Measurement - Exercise 3 [Page 38]

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Frank Physics [English] Class 9 ICSE
Chapter 1 Measurement
Exercise 3 | Q 12 | Page 38
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