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Aryan: I have created a scene having different water species with background,
but fishes and water species are not floating in water. And also, birds are not
flying in Jungle story. Please help me dear Gowri and tell me the steps, how a
sprite can fly and float in scratch?
Gowri: Yes! Of course, dear, we can learn this now. Let’s learn this by next
options:

8.5 “GLIDE… SECS TO…” — “MOTION” BLOCK

All these blocks are “stack” block.

8.5.1 “glide… secs to…” block

This block has a dropdown menu having two options:-

i) Random position ii) Mouse-pointer.

8.5.1.1 “glide…secs to random position”
This block is used to fly the sprite at random positions on stage.

8.5.1.2 “glide…secs to mouse-pointer”:

This block is used to fly the sprite in the direction of the mouse in stage.

8.5.2 “glide…secs to x… y…” block
This block is used to fly the sprite to a particular position which is also known as
(x,y) position.

Aryan: Dear Gowri,(x,y) positions! I could not understand this (x, y) position.
Please explain this to me.
Gowri: Yes! Of course, dear, we will learn this now with the help of an
Activity 8.5.

Activity 8.5

Make a square and divide it in 7X7 squares and mark them with numbers
(1 to 7) from both sides (horizontal and vertical sides), as shown in Fig. (8.5).
Now fill the square which is 5 positions away from origin in horizontal direction
and 3 positions away from origin in vertical direction (as shown in Fig. 8.6).

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