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NKHATABAY DISTRICT EXANINATIONS

2023 END OF TERM THREE
PHYSICS
FORM THREE
Date: 30/06/2023 Time allowed: 2 hours
(10:00AM – 12PM)

1. This paper contains 14 printed pages. Question Tick if Do not

Please check number answered write n this
2. Fill in your Name on top of each page columns
3. This paper contains two sections A and 1
B. In section A there are ten short 2
Answer questions while in section B there are 3
3 restricted essay questions 4
4. Answer all the twelve questions in the
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Space provided
5. Use of electronic calculators is allowed 6
6. The maximum number of marks for each 7
Answer is indicated against each question 8
7. In the table provided on this page tick against 9
the question you have answered 10
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SECTION A (70 MARKS)

1. Figure 1. is a diagram showing a traditional musical instrument which consists of wooden

bars of different length?

Figure 1

a. Name the instrument

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(1 mark)
b. How does the instrument produce sound?
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(1 mark)
c. Why the bars are of the different length with the gourds under each bar used
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(1 mark)
d. A pupil, standing between two cliffs and 500m from the nearest cliff clapped his hands,
and heard the first echo after 3 s and the second echo 2 s later.

Calculate
(i) The speed of sound in air

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(ii). The distance between cliffs

(3 marks)

2. a Define absolute temperature.

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b Explain the cause of gas pressure
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c. State the difference between potential difference (PD) and electromotive force.

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(2 marks)

3. (a) State the Pascal’s principle

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(b) Figure 2 is a hydraulic system used in a garage to lift a car weighing 3500Kg. The effort
is applied on 0.002m area of the hydraulic while the car is based on 1.5m area of the hydraulic
system.

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Figure 2

i. Calculate the effort applied to lift the car

(3 marks)

ii. Explain why air is not used as a hydraulic fluid in a hydraulic system

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(2 marks)

4. (a) Define resultant vector

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(1 mark)
(b) Two forces of magnitude 240 N and 420 N are being used to pull a boat at an angle of 600 to
each. Find the resultant force by using a scale diagram. (Use a scale of 1 cm to represent 100 N)

(4 marks)

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(c) Figure 3 is a graph of a body in motion, use it to answer questions that follow

Figure 3
i. Describe the motion from BD
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(2 mark)
ii. Calculate the total distance covered by the body

3 marks

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5. Figure 4 is a diagram showing resistors marked A and B and colour codes.

(2 marks)

b. i. Which resistor will give more accurate measure of resistance?

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ii. Give reason for your answer in 8b (i) above

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( 1mark)

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6. Figure 5 is a diagram showing water waves approaching two slits, S1 and S2

(a). Complete the diagram to show waves emerging on the other side of the obstacle
( 2 marks)

(b) State two properties of waves that are demonstrated in the completed diagram
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(c ) What would happen to the wave emerging on the other side of the obstacle if the widths of S1
and S2were increased
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(d) Figure 6 below is a diagram showing a wave.

Figure 6

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i. What is the amplitude of the wave?

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(1 mark)

ii. Calculate the frequency of the wave, given that the wave speed of the wave is
12.8m/s

( 3 marks)

7. a. State the difference between distance and displacement.

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(2 marks)
b. A bob of mass 30g is projected vertically upward with a velocity of 15m/s. take gravity,
g=10m/s2. Find
i. Maximum height reached by the bob

(3 marks)

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ii. Potential energy of a bob at maximum height reached by the bob

(2marks)

8. a. State any one use of reflection of sound

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(1 mark)

b. Explain how wind affects the speed of sound in gases

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(2 marks)

9. Figure 7 is a diagram of a pulley system being used to lift a mass of 240 kg using an effort of
800N

Effort
Platform

240kg

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a. Calculate the mechanical advantage of the pulley

( 3 marks)

b. Calculate the efficiency of the pulley system

3 marks
10. Figure 8 is a diagram of an electric circuit. Use it to answer questions 10 a, b and c.

Figure 8

a. What will be the ammeter reading if switch, S is the following conditions

i. Open

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ii. Closed

(3marks)
b. If switch S is closed and the voltage across the 3Ω resistor is 6.6V, what will be the
voltage across the 4Ω resistor?

(2 marks)

c. What is the cost of heating water in a bucket with a 3000W heater, for 90 minutes, if the
cost of electricity is K 32.00 per kilo-watt-hour (Kwh)?

(4 marks)

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SECTION B ( 30 MARKS)

11. (a) With the aid of the well labelled diagram, describe the difference between constructive and
destructive interference of waves

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(b) Describe an experiment you could do to find the speed of sound using an echo
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12. A student wanted to find out if mass affects the frequency of vibration of a cantilever.
Describe an experiment that the pupil would carry out

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(10 marks)

13. (a) Explain why two identical bulbs in series have high electrical resistance than in parallel
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(4 marks)

(b) Describe an experiment to show how a manometer works in determining gas pressure.

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(6 marks)

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