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NAME: CLASS:
INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES:
Answer ALL questions.
Write your answers in the spaces provided on the question paper. For Section A, encircle the
correct answer.
-----------------SECTION A (20 Marks)
1. The SI unit of length is
A
metre
second
yard
mile
5.70 cm
5.78 cm
6.50 cm
6.68 cm
volume
density
mass
temperature
300K
-243K
303K
30K
60C
0.6C
17C
82C
JK
J/K
J/kg
60
air
glass
36
normal
Refractive index is
A
1.67
1.47
1.27
0.60
8. The speed of a car increases from 80 m/s to 140 m/s in 2 minutes. What is the acceleration
of the car?
A
30 m/s2
0.5 m/s2
3.5 m/s2
2 m/s2
9. A woman is carrying her baby by applying a force of 200N and she is moving horizontally
a distance of 2m.
What is the work done by the woman?
A
400 J
100 J
0J
202 J
electrical energy
chemical energy
kinetic energy
light energy
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SECTION B
1.(a) Define heat capacity.
[3 marks]
(b) A heating element of power 1000W is used to heat a liquid for 3 minutes. Given that the
temperature of the liquid rises from 40C to 76C, Calculate
[2 marks]
[2 marks]
[4 marks]
(b) Complete the ray diagram to show how the image of the dot is formed on the plane mirror
as viewed by the eye.
[6 marks]
mirror
(c) List 4 characteristics of an image formed on a plane mirror.
[4 marks]
[3 marks]
(b)
Draw the labelled ray diagram showing a ray of light travelling from glass to air. [5 marks]
[3 marks]
(ii) acceleration:
[3 marks]
(b) A car starts from rest. It accelerates uniformly to a speed of 18 m/s in 6s. It then moves
with this maximum speed of 18 m/s for another 4s. The brakes are applied and the car is
brought uniformly to rest in 2s.
Sketch the speed time graph for the whole journey of the car.
[8 marks]
[3 marks]
[3 marks]
[6 marks]
[2 marks]
5.(a) Define
(i) work:
[2 marks]
(ii) Power:
[2 marks]
(b) An electric motor raises a weight of 30N through a distance of 3 m in 10s. Calculate the
power developed.
[3 marks]
[4 marks]
(d)
[3 marks]
[3 marks]
[3marks]
(e) What has happened to the energy after hitting the ground.
[3 marks]
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