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S5-PHYSICS-QUESTIONNAIRE

The document is an exam paper for a Physics class (S5) scheduled for March 15, 2024, with a duration of 3 hours. It includes sections on simple harmonic motion, Kirchhoff's laws, resonance, climate change, gravitational laws, electric fields, and the photoelectric effect, with a mix of theoretical questions and calculations. Students are instructed to separate their answers and attempt all questions in Section A and choose three questions from Section B.

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S5-PHYSICS-QUESTIONNAIRE

The document is an exam paper for a Physics class (S5) scheduled for March 15, 2024, with a duration of 3 hours. It includes sections on simple harmonic motion, Kirchhoff's laws, resonance, climate change, gravitational laws, electric fields, and the photoelectric effect, with a mix of theoretical questions and calculations. Students are instructed to separate their answers and attempt all questions in Section A and choose three questions from Section B.

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MUHANGA DISTRICT

SUBJECT: EXAM OF PHYSICS


CLASS: S5
DATE: 15/03/2024
DURATION: 3HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS: Draw lines to separate your answers.

CONSTANTS
Speed of light C=3x108 m/s
Planck’s constant h=6.626x10-34 J.S
Gravitational constant G=6.7x10-11 Nm2.kg-2
Mass of Earth M=6x1024 kg
Radius=6.4x106 m.
Electric charge e=1.6x10-19C
ACCELERATION OF GRAVITY g= 10 N/Kg

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Section A: Attempt all questions for 45 marks
1.i) Define the following terms associated to SHM and give the SI units.6marks
a) Amplitude
b) Period
c) frequency

ii) The frequency of the oscillation of mass to a spring is 3 Hz. At time t=0, the
mass has an initial displacement of 0.2 m and an initial speed of 4 m/s.
a) What is the position as a function of time? 4marks
b) When will this mass first reach a turning point? What will be its acceleration
at that time 4marks

2.i) State Kirchhoff’s laws 3marks


Complete
ii)First Kirchhoff’s law expresses the conservation of ……………………….2marks

iii)Second Kirchhoff’s law expresses the conservation of………………2 marks


iv)a) For the circuit in figure below, the battery has internal resistance of 3Ω

Solve the equations to find the current through each resistance.3marks

3.a) What is a resonance 2maks


b) States one negative effect of resonance of oscillating systems1maks
c.) a string of length 3m and mass density 0.0025 kg/m is fixed at both ends. One
of its resonance frequencies is 252 Hz. The next higher resonance frequency is
336Hz. Find the fundamental frequency and the tension in the string 6marks

4. a) Differentiate climate change and climate change mitigation? 4marks

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b) Design measures can be used to mitigate climate change? 4marks
c)Give consequences associated to climate change. 4marks.

Section B/45 marks (choose 3 questions)


1. a) if energy is conserved, why is there an energy ‘’crisis’’? 3marks

b) Water flows in a water fall at a rate of 1000kg/s and takes 2sec to reach the stream
vertically below. Calculate the power of the falling water just as it hits the stream.
6marks
c)The reservoir for a hydroelectric power station is 40m above the turbines. If the overall
efficiency of the station is 50%, What mass of water must flow through the turbines per
second to generate 1MW of electrical power? 6marks

2. a.i) State Newton’s law of gravitation. Give the meaning of each symbol you
use. 3marks
ii) Define gravitational field strength. 2 marks
iii)Use your answers to i) and ii) to show that the magnitude of the gravitational
field strength at the earth’s surface is GM/R 2 where M is the mass of the Earth, R is
the radius of Earth and G is gravitational constant. 2 marks
b)Define gravitational potential. Show that its value at the earth’s surface is
approximately -63 MJ/kg. 2marks
c) A communications satellite occupies an orbit such that it’s a period of revolution
about the earth is 24 hours. Explain the significance of this period and show that

√
2
GMT
the radius R0 of the orbit is given by R 0= 3
2
where T is a period of revolution
4π
and G and M have the same meanings as in a.iii).3marks
d) Calculate the least kinetic energy which must be given to a mass of 2000 kg at
the earth surface to reach a point a distance R 0 from the center of the earth.
Ignore the effect of the earth’s rotation. 3marks
3.An electric field is maintained between two parallel metal plates by a p.d of
1000 V. A charge of 10 -15 c is moved by the forces of the field from one plate to the
other.
a) How much electrical energy is transferred from the field-charge system?/2
marks
b) How much work is done by the electric force? 2marks

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c)If the plates are 20 mm apart What is the value of the electric force assuming it
is a constant, i.e. the field between the plates is uniform? 2marks
d) What is the field strength in N/C? 2 marks
e) What is the field strength in V/m? 2marks
f) Are V/m and N/C equal or not? Prove it by using dimension. 5marks
4. a) In the photoelectric effect equation hf=Φ+Ek
Explain the meaning of hf, Ek,Φ. 3 marks
b) Monochromatic light of wavelength 500nm falls on a metal cathode of area
2000 mm2. The light intensity at the surface of the metal 1.0x10 -2 W/m2.
Calculate
i) The frequency of the light. 3marks
ii) The energy of the single photon. 3marks
iii) The number of the photons falling on 1mm of the metal in on second.
2

3marks
iv) The total photoelectric current, assuming that each photon releases one
photoelectron. 3marks
5.How do we confirm that greenhouse effect is real?15marks

Section C (Compulsory question) /10marks


1. An experiment involved noting the time period T of the pendulums of the
various length l. The results were as follows:
Length 20 30 45 50 75 100
l/cm
Time 0.9 1.1 1.35 1.42 1.74 2.01
period
T/sec
It is suspected that these quantities T and L are related by a rule of the form T=a √ l
where a is a constant.
a) Write the results in a suitable table.
b) Plot a suitable graph to show this to be the case. (Give possible
explanations)

GOOD LUCKY

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