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This document is an assignment for Form Three Physics students at St. Joseph's School, Rapogi, detailing instructions for completing a practical exam. It includes two main questions involving experiments with a concave mirror and electrical resistance, requiring students to record observations, plot graphs, and calculate specific values. The paper consists of 9 pages and emphasizes the importance of accuracy and clear documentation of results.

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Physics f3 Pp3 Qs

This document is an assignment for Form Three Physics students at St. Joseph's School, Rapogi, detailing instructions for completing a practical exam. It includes two main questions involving experiments with a concave mirror and electrical resistance, requiring students to record observations, plot graphs, and calculate specific values. The paper consists of 9 pages and emphasizes the importance of accuracy and clear documentation of results.

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ST.

JOSEPH’S SCHOOL, RAPOGI

FORM THREE PHYSICS


PAPER 3 2024
AUGUST HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT,

Name: ………………………………………………………… Admission Number: …………………

School: ………………………………………………………. Class: …………………………………….

Signature: …………………………………………………… Date:……………………………………..

Instructions to students

(i) Write your name and admission number in the spaces provided above.
(ii) Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided above.
(iii)Answer all questions in the spaces provided in the question paper.
(iv)You are supposed to spend the first 15 minutes of the 2 ½ hrs allowed for this paper reading the whole
paper carefully before commencing your work.
(v) Marks are given for a clear record of the observations actually made, their suitability, accuracy and the
use made of them.
(vi)Candidates are advised to record their observations as soon as they are made.
(vii) Non-programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC mathematical tables may be used
except where stated otherwise.
(viii) This paper consists of 9 printed pages.
(ix)Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as indicated
and that no questions are missing.

For Examiner’s Use Only

Question Maximum Candidate’s


Score Score
1 20

2 20

TOTAL 40
2

QUESTION 1
Apparatus
Concave mirror on a lens holder
Screen
Metre rule
Candle
Proceed as follows;

screen
Concave mirror
Candle

Metre rule
x
u

Figure 1

(i) Set the apparatus as shown in fig 1


(ii) Place the candle at a distance x= 5.0cm from the screen
(iii) Move the mirror to and from to focus a clear, sharp image of the candle on the screen
(iv) Measure and record the distance u between the mirror and candle and the distance v between the
screen and the mirror.
(v) Repeat the experiment for other values of x and complete the table below (table 1) (6 marks)
X(cm) 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 30.0
U(cm) 33.0 31.0 29.0 28.0 27.0 26.0
V(cm) 38.0 41.0 44.0 48.0 52.0 56.0
(u+v) cm
Uv(cm2)
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(vi) Plot a graph of (u+v) (y axis) against uv (5marks)

(v) Determine the slope S of the graph (3marks)


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(b) Using the value of S obtained in VII above, determines the value of f, the focal length of the
mirror. (3marks)
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(c) Given that R = 4f determine the value of R (3marks)
S2
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QUESTION 2
You are provided with the following
 An ammeter (0-1A)
 A voltmeter
 A wire mounted on a mm scale
 A switch
 A long wire with a crocodile clip at one end (crocodile clip to be used or a jockey)
 2 new size D dry cells and a cell holder
 A micrometer screw gauge(may be shared)
 Six connecting wires, two with crocodile clips at the end
Proceed as follows
(i) measure the diameter d of the mounted wire at 3 different points
Average diameter= 0.35 mm (1mark)
(ii) Set up the apparatus as shown in the circuit diagram in fig 2
A

Mounted wire
L

Mm scale
Figure 2
V

(iii)Close the switch and tap the mounted wire with crocodile chip as shown in the circuit. Ensure
that both meters show possible deflection. Open the switch
(iv)Tap the wire at L= 20cm, close the switch, and record in the table provided the ammeter and the
voltmeter reading.
(v) Repeat procedure in IV for the other values of L, shown in the table below and complete the
table. (8marks)
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L (cm) L(m) V(volts) I(A) R= V(Ω)


I
20 0.3 0.20
30 0.5 0.20
40 0.6 0.20
50 0.7 0.20
60 0.9 0.20
70 1.0 0.20
80 1.2 0.20

(vi) Plot the graph of R(y-axis) against Lcm (grid provided) (5 marks)
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(a) Determine the slope of the graph (3marks)


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(b) Given that the R =ℓL where A is the cross-sectional area of the wire and  is a constant for the
A
material of wire. Determine the value of the constant . (4 marks)
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