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FORM TWO
PHYSICS
MID-TERM EXAM
TERM 1, 2024

INSTRUCTIONS: (Answer all the questions) TIME: (1 ½ HOURS)

1. State any two modes of heat transfer. (2mk)

2. Give a reason why water is not suitable for use as a barometric liquid. (1mk)

3. Give a reason why heat transfer by radiation is faster than heat transfer by conduction. 1mk

4. State the number of images formed when an object is between two plane mirrors placed in parallel.
(1mk)

5. Explain why the image formed in a pin hole camera gets blurred when the hole is enlaged. (2mk)

6. State the law of electrostatic charges. (1mk)

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7. Two mirrors are inclining at 600 to each other. Determine the number of images observed and state one
application of this arrangement. (3mk)

8. State two factors that determine the kind of image formed by a pinhole camera. (2mk)

9. A pinhole camera forms an image of size 10cm. The object is 5m tall and 20m away from the pinhole.
Find the length of the pinhole camera. (3mk)

10. Figure below shows a ray of light being incident on a mirror. (2MKS)

480

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11. A sharp point of a pin is held in the bare hands and brought near the cap of a positive charged
electroscope. State and explain the observation made on the electroscope.
(2 mk)

12. State two uses of a gold leaf electroscope (2mk)

13. Two identical spheres A and B each standing on an insulating base are in contact. A negatively charged
rod is brought near sphere A as shown below.
B
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A

-
- Insulating
rods

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 In what way will A differ from B if separated while the rod is near? Explain. 2mk

14. An uncharged metal rod brought close to but not touching the cap of a charged electroscope caused
decrease in the divergence of the leaf. Explain this observation. (1 mk)

15. Distinguish between electromotive force and potential difference (2mks

16. The figure below shows a simple cell made of copper and zinc electrodes dipped in dilute sulphuric acid.
Bulb

Zinc plate Copper plate

DilH2SO4

a) Identify the cathode and the anode. (2 mks)

Cathode ………………………..

Anode ………………………..

b) State the two common defects in a simple cell. (2 mks)

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 c) Explain how the defects in b) are minimized (2mk)

17. State two properties of magnets. (2mk)

18. Give a reason why attraction in magnetism is not regarded as a reliable method of testing for polarity.
(1mk)

19. In an attempt to make a magnet, a student used the double stroke method as shown below.

S N

N S
Magneti
State the polarity X
at end X and Y. Y c (2mk)
material
Magnetic material

20. State the principle of moments. (1mk)

21. A uniform meter rule is pivoted at the 30cm mark by a force of 16N placed at the 0cm mark.

0 30cm 100cm

16N

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 Calculate the weight of the meter rule. (3mk)

22. A micrometer screw gauge has a zero error of 0. 12mm.Sketch the reading of the micrometer screw gauge

when used to measure the size of a ball of diameter 3.44mm. (2 mark)

23. In figure 2 ammonia gas and an acid gas diffuse and react to form a white deposit on the walls of the glass
tube. Explain why the white deposit forms nearer end B than A. (3mark)

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8. Figure 3 shows a uniform bar of mass 0.8kg supported by a spring balance at its centre and the bar is at
equilibrium.
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Spring balance

0.8m 0.6m

XN 24N

Figure 3
Determine the:
(a) value of X (3 marks)