MBEZI BEACH HIGH SCHOOL

FORM SIX TERMINAL ASSESSMENT

131/2 PHYSICS 2

TIME: 3:00 HOURS November

2023
INSTRUCTIONS
1. This paper consists of six (6) questions.
2. Answer any five (5) questions each question carries twenty (20) marks.
3. Cellular phones and any unauthorized materials are NOT allowed in the examination
room.
4. Mathematical tables and non-programmable calculators may be used.
5. The following information’s may be useful.

(a) Acceleration due to gravity, g = 9 .8m/s2

(b) Pie, π = 3.14

(c) Density of air, ρ = 1.2kgm−3

(d) Permittivity of free space, ε0 = 8.85 × 10−12 Nm2 /C2

(e) Plank’s constant, h = 6.626 × 10−34 Js

(f) Boltzmann’s constant, k = 1.38×10−23 JK−1 .

(g) Young’s modulus of the material of wire

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1. (a) In deriving Bernoulli’s equation, we equated the work done on the fluid in the tube
to its change in the potential and kinetic energy.
(i) How does the pressure change as the fluid moves along the tube if the
dissipative forces are present?
(02marks)
(ii) Briefly explain why dissipative forces have no important as the fluid
velocity increases? (02marks)

(b) A non-viscous liquid of constant density 1000kg/m3 flows in a streamline motion

along a tube of variable cross-section. The tube is kept inclined in the vertical
plane as shown in figure 1 below, The area of cross-section of the tube at two

points P and Q at heights 2m and 5m are respectively 4 ×10−3 m2 and 8

×10−3 m2 . The velocity of liquid at point P is 1ms−1 . Find the work done per
unit volume by the gravity and pressure forces as the liquid flows from point P to
point Q. (05marks)

P 5m

2m

Figure 1:

(c) (i) Can Bernoulli’s equation be used to describe the flow of water through a
rapid in a river? Explain
(02marks)
(ii) Briefly explain why the size of the needle of a syringe controls flow rate better
than the thumb pressure exerted by a doctor while administering an injection.
(02marks)
(d) (i) What is meant by fluid flow? (02marks)
(ii) In Millikan’s oil drop experiment, what is the terminal speed of an

uncharged drop of radius 2.0 ×10−5 m and density 1.2×103 kgm−3 . How
much is the viscous force on the drop at that speed? Neglect buoyancy of the
drop due to air and take the viscosity of air at the temperature of the
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experiment to be 1.8×10−5 Pas. (05marks)

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 2. (a)(i) State with reasons, why two independent sources of light cannot be
considered as coherent sources?
(02marks)
(ii) Briefly explain how does a Polaroid work to produce a linearly polarized light
from an unpolarized light? (03marks)
(b) (i) Which property of a wave motion distinguish a travelling wave from a
stationary wave? (02marks)
(ii) Sound of maximum intensity is heard successively at an interval of 0.2 second
on sounding two tuning forks together. What is the difference of frequencies of
the two tuning forks? (03marks)
(c) (i) Why is a given sound louder in a hall than in the open?
(02marks)

(ii). At 16◦ C, two open end organ pipes when sounded together produce 51
beats in 3 seconds. How many beats per second will be produced if the
◦
temperature rises to 88 C? Neglect the increase in length of the pipes.
(04marks)
(d) The fundamental frequency of a sonometer wire increases by 5Hz if its tension is
increased by 21%. How will the frequency be affected if its length is increased by
10%? (04marks)

3. (a) (i) A drop of oil placed on the surface of water spreads out, but a drop of
water placed on oil contracts. Explain (02marks)
(ii) A soap film is formed on a square frame of length 7.0 cm dipping on a soap
solution. The framework hangs from a balance and an extra weight of 0.4g is
placed in the opposite pan to balance the pull of the film. Find the surface
tension of the soap solution. (03marks)
(b) (i) A steel wire of diameter 0.8 mm and length 1m is clamped firmly at two points
A and B which are 1m apart and in the same horizontal plane. A body is hung
from the middle point of the wire such that the middle point sags 1cm lower
from the original position. Calculate the mass of the body. (04marks)

(ii) What will be the density of lead under a pressure of 2 ×108 N/m2 ? Density of
lead = 11.4 × 103 kg/m3 and bulk modulus of lead K = 8 × 109 N/m3 .
(03marks)
(c) (i) The volume of a sample of a gas is increased. In terms of kinetic theory
of gases, why does the gas pressure decrease? (02marks)

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(ii) Find the number of molecules in one cubic metre of air at atmospheric
pressure and 0◦ C.
(03marks)

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 (d) The excess pressure of one soap bubble is four times the other soap bubble. Evaluate
the ratio of their volumes?
(03marks)

4. (a) (i) Why there is no work done in moving a charge from one point to another on
an equipotential surface? (02marks)
(ii) Calculate the amount of work done to dissociate a system of three charges
1µ C, 1µ C and -4µ C placed on the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side
10cm. (04marks)
(b) Figure 2 below shows two identical capacitors C1 and C2 , each of 2µ F
capacitance, connected to a battery 5V. Initially switch “S”, after sometime S is
left open and dielectric slabs of dielectric constant K = 5 are inserted to fill
completely the space between the plates of the two capacitors.
(i) How will the charge and (03marks)
(ii) Potential difference between the plates of the capacitors be affected after
the slabs are inserted? (03marks)

5V C1 2µ F C2 2µ F

Figure 2:

(c) (i) Two point electric charges of unknown magnitude and sign are placed at a
distance “d” apart. The electric field intensity is zero at a point, not between
the charges but on the line joining them. Write two essential conditions for
this to happen (02marks)
(ii) A charge Q is to be divided on two small objects separated by a certain
distance. What should be the values of the charges on the objects so that the
force between them is maximum? (03marks)
(d) Three charges 10µ C, 5µ C and -5µ C are placed in air at three corners A, B and C of
an equilateral triangle of side 0.1m. Find the resultant force experienced by
charge placed at corner A. (03marks)

5. (a) (i) In what respect, is a toroid different from a solenoid? (02marks)

(ii) In what way is the behavior of a diamagnetic material different from that of a
paramagnetic, when kept in an external magnetic field?
(02marks)
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 (b). (i) What is induced e.m.f? State any two methods of producing induced e.m.f
(03marks)

(ii) A conducting rod of length “l”, with one end pivoted, is rotated with a
u n i f o r m angular speed “ω ” in a vertical plane, normal to a uniform
magnetic field “B”. Deduce an expression for the e.m.f induced in this rod.

(04marks)

(c) The horizontal component of the earth’s magnetic field at a certain place is
3.0 ×10−5 T and the direction of the field is from the geographic south to the
geographic north. A very long straight conductor is carrying a steady current of
1A. What is the force per unit length on it when it is placed on a horizontal table
and the direction of the current is
(i) East to west (03marks)
(ii) South to north (03marks)
(d) A neutron, an electron and an alpha particle moving with equal velocities,
enter a uniform magnetic field going into the plane of the paper as shown in
figure 3 below. Trace their path in the field and justify your answer.
(03marks)

x x x x x xx
α
x x x x xx x
n
x x x x
e
x x x x
x x

Figure 3:

6. (a) (i) Why is the density of a nucleus much more than that of the atom?
(02marks)

(ii) The mass number of radium is 226. It is observed that 3.67 ×1010
α -particles are emitted per second from 1g of radium. Calculate the
half-life of radium (03marks)

(b) (i) What is the difference between Rutherford’s model and Bohr’s model of
an atom? (02marks)
(ii) In a Rutherford experiment an alpha particle of kinetic energy 8MeV
makes a head on collision with a nucleus of sodium atom. Find the distance
in which the alpha particle retrace its path (03marks)
(c) (i) Briefly explain two success of Bohr in his atomic model (02marks)

(ii) If the speed of photoelectrons is 104 ms−1 , what should be the frequency?
of the incident radiation on the potassium metal? The work function of
potassium is 2.3eV (03marks)
(d) Hydrogen atom in its ground state is excited by means of a monochromatic
radiation of wavelength 975A˚ .
(i) How many different lines are possible in the resulting spectrum?
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(02 2 marks)

(ii) Calculate the longest wavelength amongst them. You may assume that
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the ionization energy for hydrogen atom is 13.6eV (02 2 marks)