MEASUREMENT Find the length of the wood (2mk)

1. What is Physics?
(2mk)
2. Differentiate fundamental quantities from derived quantities and give
an example of each
3. State what the following branches of physics deals with:
(i) Mechanics 4. In an experiment to estimate the height of a tree using its shadow, a
(ii) Electricity and magnetism ruler of height 100cm is placed next to the tree as shown below.
(iii) Thermodynamics If the ruler and the tree forms shadows of 150cm and 750cm
(iv) Geometric optics respectively.
(v) Waves Tree
(vi) Atomic physics Ruler
h
4. State and explain two basic laboratory safety rule Ruler Tree

100 cm
Shadow Shadow

5. State the SI units of the following quantities (3mk)

Length =…………………………………………………
Mass =………………………………………………. 150cm 750cm
Temperature =………………………………………………..
Calculate the height h of the tree.
6. Name two branches of physics.
(3mk)
(2mk)
5. A Figure below is an arrangement of two set squares and a rule
being used to determine the external diameter of a cylinder.
7. Name two career opportunity in physics.
(2mk)
Cylinder
8. State the relationship between physics and the following subjects.
(i) Biology (1mk)
(ii) Geography (1mk)
8 9 10

LENGTH AND AREA (a) State the accuracy of the rule.

1. Convert the following values into SI units (1mk)
(i) 86400cm2 (1mk) (b) What is the radius of the cylinder?
(ii) 204000cm3 (2mk)
(1mk)
6. A thin wire was wound 10 times closely over a boiling tube. The total
2. A student measured the length of a wire four times using a meter length of the wire wound around was found to be 440mm.
rule and obtained the following readings: 18.6cm; 18.5cm; Calculate the radius of the boiling tube in SI units.
Thread
18.6cm; and 18.5cm. Determine the length the student should
record. (2mk) Cylinder

3. The figure below shows a section of a meter rule used to measure

length of a piece of wood.
7. A thin wire was wound 30 times closely over a boiling tube. The total
6 7 8 9 10
cm length of

Wood

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the windings was found to be 9.3 mm. Calculate the radius of the
wire. 5. A sphere of radius 6cm is moulded into a thin cylindrical wire of
length 32cm. Calculate the radius of the wire in SI Units.
8. A length of 550cm of them thread wraps around a cylindrical tin
exactly 6. A solid Cuboid of dimensions 11cm x 14cm x 5cm is melted in to
25times. Calculate the radius of the cylinder (2mks) a cylindrical solid of diameter 28 cm. calculate the height of the
cylinder
9. The figure below shows a half spherical bowl of radius 3cm.
calculate its volume. 7. A cylinder of height 25cm is completely melted and a sphere of
the same radius made. Determine the radius of the sphere in
metres and express your answer in standard form.
(3mk)

10. The figure below shows the map of a school compound. Each 8. The figure below shows a block of mass 360g.
square is equivalent to 1cm2. Calculate the total area covered by
the school on the map. 2cm
(3mk)
5cm
12cm
Calculate the
(i) Volume of the block.
(ii) Density of the block in SI unit.

9. The diagram below shows a brick of mass 120g.The brick measures

30cm x 6cm x 4cm. Calculate the density of the brick

4 cm

6 cm

30 cm
10. The figure below shows Perspex container with a base of sides
5 by 6 cm carrying water to a height of 3cm.
11. Express the area of land of 0.0025km2 in S.I units and in standard
form
3cm

VOLUME 5cm
6cm

1. Define volume and give its SI units.

When pebble is immersed into the water, the level rise to 10 cm.
2. Find the volume of a spherical ball of radius 3cm. what is the volume of the pebble?
(3mk)
11. The figure below shows a cylinder of radius 10cm and height 21cm.
3. Calculate the volume of a Cuboid that measures 4cm by 5cm by Calculate its capacity in litres.
3cm in SI Units. 10cm
4. Find the capacity of a cylinder of radius 70cm and height 20cm in
litres.
21cm

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12. The figure below shows the change in volume of a liquid in a
measuring cylinder when an irregular solid is immersed in it. Given If the initial reading before immersing was 27cm3. Find the density
that the mass of the solid is 75g, determine the density of the solid of the stone.
in SI units. (2mk)
16. The figure below shows water placed in a measuring cylinder
50
calibrated in cm3?
50
cm3 40 40 3
20cm
30 30
20 20 15cm3
10 10 10cm3
13. The figure below shows the change in volume of a liquid in a
5cm3
measuring
cylinder when an irregular solid is immersed in it. Given that the
density of the solid is 4g/cm3, determine the mass of the solid in SI An object of mass 50.1g and density 16.7g/cm3 is lowered gently
units. (4mk) into the water. Indicate on the diagram the new level.
100 100
(2mk)
cm3 80 80
60 60
40 40
20 20 17. The figure below shows the level of water in a measuring cylinder
after
a stone of mass 100 g is immersed in the water. The initial level of
14. The figure below shows a measuring cylinder which contains the water is shown with a dotted line. Determine the density of the
water initially at a level A. A spherical solid of mass 11g is stone. (3mk)
immersed in the water, the level rises to B. Water 125 ml
5cm3
B
4 cm3 75 ml
A Initial level
3 cm3
25 ml
Stone
2 cm3

1 cm3

18. Ten glass marbles, each of mass 6.0 g, were gently lowered into a
measuring cylinder containing water to the level marked A. The
Determine the diameter of the spherical ball
water level rose to the level marked B as shown in Fig below.
(2mk)
Determine the density of the glass.
(3mk)
15. Fig shows a measuring cylinder int o which an irregular stone of
40cm3
mass 60grams has been immersed. B
45 30cm3
cm3 A
40 20cm3

35 10cm3

30
25
20 19. The figure below shows a cylinder with water and 8 lead pellets
each of volume 1.5cm3.

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40cm3
4. A ball bearing of volume 1.8cm3 was dropped into water contained
in the burette shown in figure below. Determine the final reading
30cm3 of water in the burette.
48
cm3
(2mks)
20cm3
49
10cm3
Object
50

Indicate on the diagram the level of water if the pellets are

removed. (2 mk)
5. The figure below shows the reading on a burette after 55 drops of
20. Figure Shows a glass beaker of cross sectional area 10.5cm2 a liquid have been used.
cm3 0
10

Water 20

30
40

50
When a metal block of mass 250 g is immersed into the water, the
level of water rises by 3.5 cm. determine the density of the metal
block. Express your answer in S.I unit
(3mk) If the initial reading was at 0cm mark, determine the volume of one drop.

BURETTE 6. The figure below shows a burette initially filled with water to the level
1. 1600 cm3 of fresh water of density 1 g/cm3 are mixed with marked X. An object of density 1.5gcm -3 is immersed into it and
1400cm3 of seawater of density 1.25g/cm3. Determine the the level rose as shown. Determine the mass of the object
density of the mixture. (3mk)
7.
1. The water level in a burette is 27cm3. If 88 drops of water fall
cm3 35
from the burette and the average volume of one drop is 0.25cm3
what is the final water level in the burette? 40
X
2. The initial level of water in a burette was 32cm3. Some 20 drops of 45
water each
Object
of volume 0.4cm3 are added. Find its final reading. 50 cm3

2. 1600 cm3 of fresh water of density 1 g/cm3 are mixed with

1400cm3 of seawater of density 1.25g/cm3. Determine the
density of the mixture.

3. The initial level of water in a burette was 26cm3. Some 10 drops

of water each of volume 0.5cm3 are allowed to drop out. Find its
final reading.

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 8. The figure below shows a section of a measuring instrument. 10. The figure (a) below shows the initial reading of a burette used to
measure the volume of oil. After 50 drops of oil were run out, the
3 30 final reading was as shown in (b). Determine the volume of one
cm
35 drop of oil (2mk)

40 cm3 0 cm3 0

45
10 10
50

20 20

30 30
(i)Name the measuring instrument shown above (1mk)
(ii)What is the volume of water in it? (1mk)
(iii)Some 24 drops of water each of volume 0.5cm are added to the
3
40 40
instrument above. Find the final reading of the instrument.
9. In an experiment to measure the density of a liquid, a student 50 50
filled a
burette with a liquid to the 0cm3 mark. The figure below shows
as section of the burette showing the level of the liquid after
93.2g of the liquid had been run out. (a) (b)

46
cm3

47 (3mk)

48 11. Figure below shows a measuring cylinder containing some water.

(i) Take the reading of the burette …………………………………………
(1mk) cm3 (i) New
45
46 reading……………………(1
Burette
(ii) Determine the density of the liquid. 47 mk)
(3mk) 48
49
50

40cm3

30cm3
20cm3
Measuring
10cm3 cylinder (ii) New
reading…………………….(1
mk)

Another 3cm3 of water was added to the cylinder from a burette

delivering volume from 0cm3 to 50cm3. Record in the spaces
provided the new reading indicated on each vessel.

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12. Two burettes A and B were arranged as shown below. Burette A (a) Draw a graph of the burette reading against height h of the
leaked into B at the rate of 10 drops per minute. If the initial water in the glass tube. (5mks)
reading on both burettes was 25cm3. What would be their reading (ii) Use your graph above to determine the area of cross section of
at the end of one hour if B does not leak? Volume of one drop of the glass tube.
water is 2.0 x 10-8m3. (3mks) (3mks)
(iii) Use your graph to determine how far the zero mark of the
ruler is from the end placed on the base of the stand.
cm3
A (2mks)
25cm3

DENSITY
1. Define density and give its SI units.

B 2. The density of concentrated Sulphuric acid is 1.8gcm-3. Calculate

25cm3
the volume of 3.6kg of the acid.

3. A block of metal of mass 72g measures 2cm x 4cm x 6 cm,

calculate the density of the metal in SI unit.

13. In an experiment to measure the radius of a wire a student cut the 4. Determine the density in SI units of a solid whose mass is 40g
wire into 100 identical pieces of length 7mm and dipped the and whose dimensions in cm are 30 x 4 x 3
pieces completely into a burette with initial level of liquid at (2mk)
49.5cm3 mark. If the final level was at 0cm3. Determine the
radius of the wire giving your answer to two decimal places 5. A cuboid has dimensions 12cm by 10cm by 15cm. its weight is
(3mks) 72N. Determine the density of the material the cuboid is made of.
14. The diagram fig below shows an arrangement that a certain (3mks)
student set up in a physics lab without the consent of the teacher.
He allowed some volume of water into the glass tube and 6. The mass of an empty density bottle is 20g. When the bottle is full
measured the corresponding height h of water in the tube using a of paraffin it weighs 60g and when full of water weighs 70g.
ruler. He tabulated his data as below. Calculate the density of paraffin in SI units. (4mk)

7. An empty density bottle has a mass of 50g. Its mass is 100g

Burette
when filled with water and 120g when filled with liquid K.
Calculate the density of liquid K in SI units.
8. The mass of a density bottle is 20g when empty, 70g when full of
water and 50g when full of ethanol. Calculate the density of
ethanol in SI units.

9. A density bottle has a mass of 45g when full of paraffin and a

h Glass tube mass of 50g when full of water if the empty bottle weighs 25g,
calculate the relative density of paraffin.

10. The mass of an empty density bottle is 20g. When the bottle is full
Burette reading cm3 5.1 8.2 15.4 21.5 28.0 35.6 of paraffin it weighs 60g and when full of water weighs 70g.
Height h, cm 3.8 5.8 10.5 14.5 18.7 23.2 Calculate the density of paraffin in SI units.

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11. The mass of a density bottle is 20g when empty 70g when full of
water and 695g when full of another liquid. Calculate the 19. 400cm3 of alcohol of density 800kg/m3 is mixed with 600cm3 of
(i) density of the other liquid (take density of water as water of density 1000kg/m3. Calculate the density if the mixture
1g/cm3 in SI units.
(ii) Mass of 20cm3 of the liquid
(2mk) 20. An alloy is made by mixing 180cm3 iron metal of density
2000kg/m3 with 120cm3 of lead meal of density 4g/cm3.
12. The mass of a density bottle of volume 50cm3 is 10.0g when Calculate the density of the alloy.
empty. Aluminium turnings are poured into the bottle and the total
mass is 60.0g. Water is then added into the turnings till the bottle 21. 400cm3 of alcohol of density 800kg/m3 is mixed with 600cm3 of
is full. If the total mass of the bottle and its contents is 90.0g, water of density 1g/m3. Calculate the density if the mixture in SI
calculate the density of the aluminium turnings. units.
(3mk)
22. 1600 cm3 of fresh water of density 1 g/cm3 are mixed with
13. An empty density bottle has a mass of 23g. When completely filled 1400cm3 of seawater of density 1.25g/cm3. Determine the
with water its mass is 39.0g. What will be its mass if it is density of the mixture.
completely filled with an acid of relative density 1.25? (Take the
density of water as 1.0gcm-3) 23. A liquid of density 800kg/m3 has a mass of 3.2g. Calculate its
volume in SI unit.
14. An empty density bottle has a mass of 30g. When completely filled
with water its mass is 70g. What will be its mass if it is completely 24. 100cm3 of water of density 1g/cm3 is mixed with 200cm3 of
filled with an acid of relative density 1.6? ethanol of density 0.79g/cm3. Calculate the density of the
mixture in SI units.
15. 200cm3 of water of density 1g/cm3 is mixed with 300cm3 of
milk of density 2g/cm3. Calculate 25. 500cm3 of fresh water of density 1000 kg/m3 mixed with
(i) The total volume of the mixture 1000cm3 of sea water density 1020kg/m3. Calculate the density
(ii) The total mass of the mixture of the mixture in SI units.
(iii) The density of the mixture in SI units.
26. An alloy is made by mixing 80 cm of copper of density 8.9g/cm3
16. 1000cm3 of water density 1g/cm3 mixed with 2000cm3 of with 120cm3 of alluminium of density 2.7g/cm3. Determine the
saturated salt solution of density 1.3g/cm3. Calculate density of the alloy in SI units.
(i) The total volume of the mixture
(ii) The total mass of the mixture 27. An alloy is made by mixing 180cm3 iron metal of density
(iii) The density of the mixture in SI units. 2000kg/m3 with 120cm3 of lead meal of density 4g/cm3.
Calculate the density of the alloy.
17. An alloy is made by mixing 80cm3 of copper of density 9g/cm3
with 120cm3 of alluminium of density 3g/cm3. Determine the 28. 400cm3 of alcohol of density 800kg/m3 is mixed with 600cm3 of
(i) Total volume of the alloy. water of density 1g/m3. Calculate the density if the mixture in SI
(ii) Total mass of the alloy units.
(iii) Density of the alloy in SI units.
29. 100cm3 of sea water of density 1150kg/m3 is mixed with
18. 100cm3 of water of density 1g/cm3 is mixed with 400cm3 of 100cm3 of fresh water of density 1000kg/m3. Determine density
ethanol of density 800kg/m3. Calculate of the mixture.
(i) The total volume of the mixture
(ii) The total mass of the mixture
(iii) The density of the mixture in SI units.

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30. 1600 cm3 of fresh water of density 1g/cm3 are mixed with
1400cm3 of seawater of density1.25g/cm3. Determine the
density of the mixture.

31. An alloy contains 40% by mass of lead and 60% by mass of tin.
Determine the density of the alloy in kgm3. (density of lead =
1.4g/cm3 and density of tin = 7.3g/cm3)
3mks)

32. Xcm3 of substance A which has a density of 800kg/m3 is mixed

with100cm3 of water with a density of 1000 kg/m3. The density
of the mixture is 960kg/m3. Determine the value of X.

MASS
33. A butcher has a beam balance and masses 0.5 kg and 2 kg. How
would he measure 1.5 kg of meat on the balance at once?

34. The figure below shows an empty beaker placed on the top of a
pan calibrated in grammes. 50ml of alcohol of density 0.8g/cm3
was added to the beaker. Show on the diagram the new pointer
position. (3mk)
Empty beaker

0 10
100
90 20

80
30

70
40
60
50

35. Figure below shows the arrangement of a sensitive spring balance.

Curled hair kg
Pivot 6
4
Pan 2 Scale
0

Sliding load

How would you adjust the position of the sliding load to reset its reading
to zero? (1 mk)

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