PHY PP1 Cycle Three
PHY PP1 Cycle Three
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232/1
PHYSICS
Paper 1
2 hours
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Write your name and Admission number in the spaces provided.
Mathematical tables and silent non-programmable calculators may be used.
This paper consists of section A and section B.
Attempt all the questions in section A and B in the spaces provided.
ALL working MUST be clearly shown.
Candidates should answer the questions in English.
This paper consist of 11 printed pages
Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are
printed as indicated and that no questions are missing.
A 1 – 13 25
14 11
15 13
B 16 11
17 10
18 10
TOTAL 80
1. Draw a micrometer screw gauge scale showing a reading of 12.60 mm, if it has a pitch
of 0.5mm. (2mks)
2. The micrometer screw gauge above was used to measure the diameter of a marble of
mass 2g. Determine the density of the material of the marble. (3mks)
3. Explain why it is not advisable to store cold water using a glass bottle in a freezer.
(2mks)
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6. The figure 1 shows air flowing through a pipe of non-uniform cross sectional area.
Two tubes A and B are dipped into the liquid as shown.
Air
A B
Liquid Liquid
(b) Explain your answer in part (a) above, regarding tube B (1mk)
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8. The air pressure at the base of a mountain is 70cmHg while at the top of the
mountain is 55cmHg. Given that the average density of air is 1.20kg/m 3 and the
density of mercury is 13600kg/m3. Determine the height of the mountain. (3mks)
3N
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11. Sketch a graph of volume of a fixed mass of a gas against pressure on the axes below.
(1mk)
Volume , V
Pressure P
12. The springs shown in the arrangement in figure 3 below are identical.
180N
90N
Given that the 180N weight causes a total extension of 30cm, determine the spring constant
of each spring. (The weight of each spring is negligible) (3mks)
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14. The figure 4 below shows the motion of a trolley on ticker timer. The ticker has a
frequency of 50Hz.
iii) Calculate the acceleration of the trolley during the motion. (3mks)
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(b) Water of mass 3.0kg initially at 20°C is heated in an electric kettle rated 3.0Kw. The
water is heated until it reaches 80 oC (Take specific heat capacity of water=4200JKg -1K-1,
Heat capacity of the kettle=450JK-1 and specific latent heat of vaporization of water
=2.3MJKg-1
Determine
(i) The heat absorbed by the water (3mks)
(iv) How long will it take to vaporize all the water at 100°C (3mks)
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16. The figure 5 below shows an experimental set up for estimating the diameter of an
oil molecule.
Tray
Water
d
Oil path
Lycopodium
powder
Wooden planks
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b. i) In this experiment the diameter‘d’ of the oil patch was measured to be 21cm for an
oil drop of radius 0.28mm. Determine the diameter of the oil molecule. (3mks)
ii) State any two assumptions made in calculating the diameter of the oil molecule. (2mks)
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17. A man uses an inclined plane to lift a 43.2kg load through a vertical height of 4.0m. The
inclined plane makes an angled 30 0 with the horizontal. If the efficiency of the inclined
plane is 72%, calculate;
a) the velocity ratio of the inclined plane (2mks)
b) The effort needed to move the load up the inclined plane at a constant velocity. (3mks)
c) the work done in raising the load through the height of 4.0m (2mks)
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ii) A truck of mass 3000kg moving at 3m/s collide head on with a car of mass 600kg. The
two stop dead on collision. At what velocity was the car travelling? (3mks)
b) A car of mass 800g is initially moving at 25m/s. Calculate the force needed to bring the
car to rest over a distance of 20m. (3mks)