Physics F2 QS

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Name……………………………………………………Adm No…………………. Class ...............

PHYSICS
FORM 2
TIME: 45 MIN

OPENING CAT EXAM 2024

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
a) Write your name and admission number in the spaces provided above.
b) Answer All questions in section A in the space provided.
c) Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your answers at each stage in the spaces below
each question.
Where necessary take:

 Earth’s gravitational intensity=10N/kg


 Density of water= 1000kg/m3

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Answer all the questions

1) (i)Define length (1mk)

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(ii) State the most appropriate measuring instrument you would use to carry out each of the
following measurements.

(a). Length of football field. ……………………………………… (1mk)

(b). Relative density of a liquid. ………………………………….. (1mk)

2) (i) What is a basic quantity? (1mk)

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(ii) State two examples of a basic quantity and their SI units. (2mks)

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3) A plot of land is represented on a map by an area of 48.5cm2. If the scale on the map is 1:5000,
determine the actual area of the land in square meters.

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4) When a narrow glass tube is dipped in a beaker containing water, the water rises up the tube.
a) What is the name given to this effect? (1mk)

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b) Explain the observation (1mk)

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5) State the two factors affecting the surface tension of a liquid. (2mks
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6) The atmospheric pressure at a place was measured as 740mm of mercury. Calculate the pressure
at the place in Pascals. (density of mercury is 13.6g/cm3) (3mks)
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7) Explain how a drinking straw works when used to drink a liquid.

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8) State the kinetic theory of matter.
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9) a) In the smoke cell experiment, the bright specks (smoke particles) are observed to be in a
continuous random motion. Explain the cause of the motion.
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(b) State and explain the effect on the motion of the particles when the temperature of the smoke
cell is increased

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10) (i) What is diffusion?


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(ii) State two factors affecting the rate of diffusion of a gas (2mk)
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11) State any three differences between mass and weight.
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12) An object has a mass of 120g.what is the weight of the object at the moon surface?
(gravitational intensity of the moon is a third that of the earth)
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(2mks)
13) The water level in a burette is 40.6cm³. 50 drops of water each of volume 0.2cm³are added to
the water in the burette. What is the final reading of the burette?
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(3mks)
14) On the axis provided, sketch a graph of volume against temperature of water from 0o to 20oC.
(2mks)

Volu
15.It is easier tome
detect a bad smell from a gaseous substance than a solid substance. Explain
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