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

Date……………………..

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PHYSICS
FORM 1

End of Term II Examination

July, 2024
Physics Theory Paper
Time: 2½ Hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

 Write your name, admission number, class and date of examination in the space provided
above.
 Answer all the questions in the spaces provided.
 All working must be clearly shown in the spaces provided.
 Mathematical tables may be used.
 This paper consists of 10 printed pages. Candidates should check the question paper to
ascertain that all the pages are printed as indicated and no questions are missing

USE THE FOLLOWING CONSTANTS:

 Density of water = 1000kg/m3 or 1 g/cm3

 Density of mercury = 13600kg/m3 or 13.6g/cm3
 Gravitational field intensity = 10N/kg or 10 m/s2

For Examiner’s Use Only

Section Questions Maximum Score Candidates

Score
A 60
B 40

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SECTION A : 60 marks
1. The following are branches of physics. Elaborate what each one of them entails.
a. Mechanics (1mk).

b. Waves (1mk)

2. State the relationship between physics and the following subjects.

(a) RELIGION (1mk)

(b) BIOLOGY. (1mk)

3. State any three (3) requirements that an average laboratory should have to make it
functional such that practical and experiments can be done (3mks).

4. State what first aid measure you would undertake if each of the following accidents
happens to a student in the course of doing experiment in the laboratory.
1. Burns caused by an acid or a base (1mk).

2. Eye damage due to chemicals (1mk).

5. State one natural phenomenon that can be explained using physics (1mk)

6. (a) Define area stating it SI units (1mk)

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 (b) Calculate the area of a circle of radius 7.0 cm expressing your answer in square
metres. (3mks)

7. (a) Define volume stating its SI units (1mk)

(b)The water in a burette is at 30 cm3 level. 50 drops of water fall from the burette and the
average volume of one drop is 0.14 cm3. What is the final water level in the burette?
(3mks).

8. (a) Define density, stating its SI units (1mk).

(b) A cylindrical glass of mass 770g has a height of 8 cm and radius 3.5 cm. Find the
density of the cylindrical glass in cm3 (3mks).

9. A form one student could read the length of the edge of glass block using any of the shown
positions A or B or C below

(a) State the correct length of the glass block (1mk).

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 (b) Name the error which the student would have engage in if he /she used any of the two-
position other than position in (a) above (1mk)

10. (a) Define Force, stating its SI units (1mk)

(b) State two (2) effects of a force on a body (2mks).

11. Define the following forces;

(a)TENSION (1mk)

(b) FRICTIONAL FORCES (1mk)

(c) CENTRIPETAL FORCE (1mk).

(d) COHESIVE FORCE (1mk)

12. A body weighs 32N in air and 27N when immersed in a certain liquid L. determine the up-
thrust force experienced by the body while inside liquid L. (2mk)

13. (a) State the two (2) factors that affect the surface tension in a liquid explaining how the
factors affect the surface tension (4mks)

(b) The following beaker contains water.

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 Explain the shape of the meniscus (1mk)
14. (a) Pressure is affected by many factors. Study the diagrams below and give reasons for
effects produced on the ground. (In both cases the feet are of the same person. (2mks).

(b) A brick 20 cm long, 10cm wide and 5 cm thick has a mass of 250 g; determine the
maximum pressure that can be exerted by the brick on a flat surface (3mks).

15. (a)State any two (2) factor which affect pressure in liquids (2mks).

(b) Calculate the pressure due to water experienced by a fish 30m below the surface of the
sea (density of sea water is 1030kg/m3) (3mk).

16. In an experiment of liquid pressure a form one student used a tin with three holes and pour
water to the brim as shown below. The form one student observed jets of water coming out
through holes A, B and C.
(a) Complete the diagram to show the jets of water as they came out through the holes
(2mks).

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 (b) Explain your observation you've indicated above. (2mks)

17. (a) State the principle of transmission of pressure in liquids (1mk)

(b) The figure below shows a simple hydraulic press used to compress a bale of cotton
wool. The cross section areas of A and B are 0.002m2 and 0.30m2 respectively.

Determine
(i) pressure exerted on the oil by the force 160N applied at A(2mks)

(ii) Force produced on B compressing the bale (3mks).

18. (a)Define ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE (1mk).

(b) The following diagram shows one limb of a manometer connected to a gas supply. And
due to the pressure of the gas (pg.) the water level in the other limb has risen a height as
shown.

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 Given that Pg is the gas pressure and Pa is the atmospheric pressure, ddetermine pressure of
the gas pg. Take atmospheric pressure = 103000N/m2, density of water = 1000kg/m3 and
g=10N/kg (3mks)
SECTION B : 40MARKS
19. (a) State the kinetic theory of matter (1mk)

(b) Give two (2) reasons why it is possible to compress gases but not solids or liquids
(2mks).

20. In the figure below ammonia gas and acid gas diffuse and react to form a white deposit on
the walls of the glass tube. The deposit forms near end B.

(a) State which gas diffused faster (1mk).

(b) why did the gas you've named in (a)above diffuses faster than the other one ?(1mk)

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 (c) The formation of the white deposit on the walls of the glass tube took long to form.
What would you change to ensure white deposit takes a shorter time to form. (1mk).

21. (a) Define Temperature stating its SI units. (2mks).

(b) The following is a metallic strip of metals A and B of different linear expansivity.

.
If metal A has a higher linear expansivity than metal B draw the metallic strip when it has
been.
(i) Heated (1mk)

(ii) Cooled (1mk).

22. (a) What is anomalous expansion of water (1mk).

(b)Sketch a graph of density of water against its temperature as it is heated and its
temperature is raised from 0°C to 15°C. (3mks)

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 23. (a) The following shows a frozen lake in which fish and other aquatic animals and plants
can survive by living in liquid layers below ice

In the diagram, indicate the temperature of the five layers of water below the ice (2mks)
(b) State the four (4) characteristics of the thermometric liquid used in liquid in glass
thermometer. (4mks

(c) Convert each of the following from kelvin to °C (3mks)

(i) 0K

(ii) 167 K

(iii) 283 K

24(a) Differentiate between HEAT and TEMPERATURE (2mks)

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 (b)State four (3) factors affecting thermal conductivity of a material and explain how each affect
heat flow through the material (6mks)

25 In an experiment to demonstrate convection currents in gases, in which a candle lighted

underneath chimney B and burning straw attached to chimney A as shown below.

(a)Show on the diagram what happens to the smoke that is produced by the burning straw (2mks)

(b )Give an explanation of what you have indicated in the above figure. (3mks)

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26. (a) Explain why many houses in hot areas like Mombasa should be painted in white while
those in colder places like Timboroa should be painted with dull colors. (2 mks)

(b) The ventilators for a room are put near the roof and not near the floor. Explain why? (2mks)

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