Question

What are the limitations of a sundial?

Answer 1

1. Can only tell the time, not the date. 
2.Obviously needs sun, not clearly viewable on a cloudy/dark day.
 3. Needs to be in a certain position in order to be accurate.

Answer 2

Sundial and its limitations.

Explanation:

Sundial is a device that uses the sun's rays to determine the time of the day. It depends on the position of the sun in the sky to determine time.

Several limitations of a sundial are listed below-

- It does not work at night due to the absence of sun

- It cannot work in cloudy and stormy weather

- It is not completely accurate.

- The tilt in the earths axis during revolution around the sun further reduces the accuracy of a sundial

- It cannot  be used to measure smaller units of time like seconds.