GLORIOUS PVT SECONDARY SCHOOL

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PHYSICS 3

TIME: 2 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES:-

 Write your name and Admission number in the spaces provided.

 Answer all the questions in the spaces provided.
 Mathematical tables and electronic calculators may be used
 All working MUST be clearly shown where necessary.

For Examiner’s Use Only:

Question Maximum score Candidate’s score

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 1-7 100 MARKS

1. Explain the meaning of ‘thermodynamics’ as a field of study in physics

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(1 mark)

b. State the kinetic theory of matter.

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(1 mark)

2. Equal volumes of water and mercury at 0°c are subject to heat up to 10°c.
On the same axes provided below, sketch their graphs of volume against
temperature. (2 marks)

a. State Archimedes principle.

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(1 mark)
b. State Charles’ law.
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3. Explain the meaning of an ‘ideal gas’.

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(1 mark)
a. The volume of a mass of air at 27°C and 75 mmHg pressures is 200 cm³.
Find the volume of the air at -73°C and 80 mmHg pressures.

(3 marks)
4. Define the term ‘pressure’

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(1 mark)
a. Distinguish between velocity and speed.
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b. An object 0.5kg is lying on a surface with area 200 square meters. Calculate
the pressure exerted by the object on surface.

(3 marks)

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 5. A. Give reason why ink is most likely to ooze out of a pen when one is high
up in an airplane.
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(1 mark)

The figure 10 below is a simple hydraulic machine used to raise heavy loads.

Figure 10
i. Calculate the amount of load raised at B.

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(3 marks)
ii. Give any ONE property which makes the oil suitable for use in this
machine.

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(1 mark)

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 6. The height of a mountain is 1360m. The barometer reading at the base of the
mountain is 74cmHg. Determine the barometer reading at the top of the
mountain.

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(3 marks)

7. Figure 1 is a diagram illustrating three students A, B and C taking a reading

from a measuring cylinder

(i) Which student is likely to get a correct reading from the cylinder?
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(1 mark)
(ii) Name the type of error which students that get wrong readings are likely
to make
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(1 mark)

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 8. State the kinetic theory of matter.
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(1 mark)
c. In terms of kinetic theory of matter explain why increase in temperature
causes candle wax to melt
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(5 marks)
9. Figure 2 is a diagram showing a balloon fitted to a bottle before heating.

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 (i) What would happen to the volume of the balloon after heating?
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(1 mark)
(ii) Explain your answer in 2b (i)
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(1 mark)
Explain why walls of a dam are built thicker at the bottom.
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(3 marks)
b. A rectangular container whose base area is 9 cm2 is filled with 27 g of water.
Calculate the pressure exerted by the water at the bottom of the container in
N/cm2. (Acceleration due to gravity = 10 m/s2). (4 marks)

END OF QUESTION PAPER.

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