PHYSICS

FORM 3 AUGUST HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT

YEAR 2024
THEORY

Answer ALL questions in this section in the spaces provided

1. The figure below shows a micrometer screw gauge that has a zero error of +0.02. State the actual reading of
the micrometer screw gauge.
(1mk)

2. In the figure below, the U-tube contains two immiscible liquids P and Q. If the density of Q is 900kg/m3 and
that of P is 1200kg/m3, calculate the height of liquid Q.
(3mks)

3. A body is acted upon by a force of I0N towards the right hand side and 6N towards the left hand side. What
is the resultant force? (2mks)
4. The difference between the ice point and steam point on a liquid thermometer is 30cm. What temperature is
recorded when the mercury thread is 12cm. (2mks)
5. Water flows through a horizontal pipe of cross-sectional area of 40cm2. If the speed at the constriction is
4ms-1, calculate the mass flux (density of water = 1000kg/m3) (3mks)
6. In terms of intermolecular forces, explain the difference between liquid and gaseous state. (2mks)
7. The diagram below shows two similar cups of tea containing equal volumes of hot tea at the same level. It
was observed that the rate of cooling was the same in the two cups. Explain.
(2mks)

8. The figure below shows a vessel resting on a horizontal bench.

State and explain the effect on the stability of the vessel when it is filled with water. (2mks)
9. What does it mean to say the density of water is 1g/cm3? (1mk)
10. State any two possible ways of increasing velocity ratio of wheel and axle. (2mks)
11. (a) Under what conditions can a feather and a stone released from the same height land on the ground at the
same time? (1mk)
(b) On the axis below, sketch displacement time graph for an accelerating body.
(1mk)

Displacement
(m)

Time (s)

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12. The figure below shows four equivalent springs with negligible weight, the weight of the rod R is 20N. Given
that the spring constant is 5N/m. Calculate the load L which causes an extension of 28m to the system.
(3mks)

SECTION B (55 MARKS)

Answer ALL questions in this section in the spaces provided
13. (i) A stone thrown vertically upwards from the base of a mountain with an initial velocity of 100m/s. The
stone just stopped as the apex and came back. Another boy projected a stone horizontally from the top of the
mountain. Calculate:-
(a) Height of the mountain. (2mks)
(b) Time taken for the stone to follow the trajectory. (2mks)
(c) The range if the horizontal velocity is 20m/s, (2mks)
(d) Calculate the impulse of force produced when a table is pulled for 3s by a constant force of 10N towards
the right and then for 2s by a constant force of 20N towards the left. (2mks)

14. (a) Two gear-wheels have 80 teeth and 20 teeth and they lock with each other. They are
fastened on axles of equal diameter such that equal weight of 150N attached to the string around the axle
will just raise 450N on the other axles.
Calculate:
(i) The mechanical advantage. (2mks)
(ii) The velocity ratio. (2mks)
(iii) The efficiency of this machine. (2mks)
(b) (i) A Loudspeaker is a transducer. Explain. (1mk)
(ii) Explain the energy change that occur when a man climbs the mountain. (1mk)

15.The figure below shows a velocity time graph for the motion of a certain body.

Describe the motion of the body in the region:

(i) OA (1 mark)
(ii) AB (1 mark)
(iii) BC (1 mark)
b) A car moving initially at 10ms-1 decelerates at 2.5ms-2.
(i) Determine;

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 I. Its velocity after 1.5s. (2 marks)
II. The distance traveled in 1.5s. (2 marks)
III. The time taken for the car to stop. (2 marks)
(ii) Sketch velocity time graph for the motion of the car up to the time car stopped. (1 mark)
(iii) From the graph, determine the distance the car traveled before stopping. (2 marks)

16a) State Newton’s second law of motion and use it to define a unit force . (2 marks)
b) An arrow of mass 100g traveling horizontally at 15m/s hits a block of wood of mass 400g lying at rest
on a smooth surface. Calculate
(i) The common velocity after the impact. (2 marks)
(ii) The change in kinetic energy if the block is then struck by a second similar arrow traveling in the
opposite direction but with horizontal velocity of 12m/s. (3 marks)
c) The figure below is graph showing the velocity of a body plotted against time.

(i) Describe the motion of the body over

CD (1 mark)
DE (1 mark)
EF (1 mark)
(ii) What is the acceleration of the body over the region OB? (1 mark)
(iii) What is the average velocity over the total journey? (2 marks)

17a) Figure below represents a step in charging a material A by induction.

(i) What is the charge on B? (1 mk)

(ii) Explain what happens at C. (1 mks)

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b) Figure below shows a ray of light incident on a face of semi-circular glass block.

Determine the angle of incidence i (refractive index of glass = 1.5) (2 mks)

c)A metre rule is suspended by a thread such that it is in equilibrium balanced by a permanent magnet attached
to the metre rule and some weight as shown in fig. bellow

If the soft iron is fixed to the bench, state and explain the effect on the metre rule when the switch is closed.
(2 mks)
d. The figure below shows the image I, formed in a convex mirror. Complete the ray diagram to show
theposition of the object.

(2 mks)
18)The graphs in the figure below represent the same wave.

Determine the velocity of the wave. (2 mks)

b). Determine the ammeter reading when both switches are closed. (2 mks)

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d). In the circuit below C1= 4 F, c2= 3F and c3 = 1F . Given that V= 12V, calculate thecharge stored on the
3F capacitor C2 (2 mks)

e). What is the difference between a hard and soft magnetic material in terms of the domain theory.
(1mk)
19. The figure 8 below shows an experimental set up for estimating the diameter of an oil molecule.
Figure 8

Tray
Water
d
Oil path

Lycopodium
powder

Wooden planks
a) Describe how the oil patch is formed (3 Marks)
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. (3 Marks)
ii)State any two assumptions made in calculating the diameter of the oil molecule. (2 Marks)
c) What is the role of the lycopodium powder in this experiment? (1 Mark)
d) Describe one method of determining the diameter of an oil drop. (2Marks)

20. The figure 9 below shows the pattern formed on a tape in an experiment to determine the
acceleration of a trolley. The frequency of the ticker tape used was 50Hz
Figure 9

5cm
1cm
Calculate
i) The initial velocity of the trolley (2Marks)
ii) The final velocity of the trolley (2Marks)
iii) The acceleration of the trolley (2Marks)
b) A gun is fired vertically upwards from the top of an open truck moving horizontally at a uniform velocity
of 50m/s. The bullet attains a maximum height of 45m.
Calculate
i) The time taken by the bullet to reach the maximum height (3Marks)
ii) The distance covered by the truck just before the bullet reaches the level from which it was fired.
(3Marks)

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21.A man used a wooden plank to lift a wooden log from the ground to a stationary truck as shown in the figure.
The wooden plank is inclined at an angle of 300 to the ground.
Figure 10

1
(a) (i)Show that the velocity ratio of the system is given as V.R= 𝑆𝑖𝑛 300 (3Marks)

(ii) Explain why the efficiency of this system cannot be 100%. (1Mark)
b) The figure 11 shows a pulley system.
Figure 11

Effort

Load
i) State the velocity ratio of the machine. (1Mark)
ii) Explain what happens to the mechanical advantage of the machine as the load is increased
gradually. (1Mark)
c) Water falls from a water fall to the bottom. The temperature of the water is found to be higher at
the bottom than at the top. State the energy transformation. (1Mark)

22a)State ohms law (1mark)

a. A battery of Emf E drives a current of 0.25A when connected to a 5.5 resistor. When the 5.5 resistor is
replaced with 2.5 resistor the current flowing becomes 0.5A.Find the e.m.f, E and the internal resistance, r,
of the battery. (4marks)

c) A capacitor of capacitance 6F capacitor is charged using a 6v d.c source. It is then connected across a 12F
capacitor. Find :-
i) Final voltage (2marks)
ii) Charge stored in each capacitor (2marks)

23
a) State Snell’s law (1mark)
b) A ray of light travelling from water to glass makes an angle of incident of 300. Find the angle of refraction in
the glass. Refractive index of water =4/3. Refractive index of glass =3/2 (3marks)
c) State the necessary and sufficient conditions for total internal reflection to occur. (2marks)
You are provided with a glass block, a soft board, white sheet of paper and three optical pins. With the help of a
diagram explain how you would use these apparatus to determine the refractive index of the glass block using
real and apparent depth method. S(4marks

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