MT.

ZION CHRISTIAN COLLEGE

END OF TERM II EXAMS YEAR 2010
S.3 PHYSICS PAPER TWO
DURATION: 1Hr. 45MINS.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Attempt any three questions. Show your working very clearly.

The following Physical quanties may be necessary

Acceleration due to gravity = 10ms-2

Specific heat capacity of water = 4200 ‫ נּ‬kg-1K-1

Speed of light in vacuum , C = 3X 108ms-1

1. (a) State Hook’s law of elasticity (1mk)

(b) Different loads W are applied to the end of an elastic wire and the corresponding
extension e of the wire recorded.
(i) Sketch a labeled graph of e against W (3mks)
(ii) Describe briefly the features of the graph in (b) (i) (2mks)

(c) A spring of natural length 5.0x10-2m extends by 2.0X10-3m when a force of 1.8N acts on it.
Calculate the extension when a force of 10N is applied to the spring. (6mks).

(d) Describe an experiment to demonstrate the existence of surface tension (4mks)

2. (a) What is an equation of state of a gas? (2mks)

(b) (i) Define an absolute zero of temperature (2mks)

(ii) Use the kinetic theory of gases to explain the existence of an absolute zero of
temperature. (5mks)

(c) A volume of 2500cm3 of hydrogen gas is collected at 67oC at a pressure of 730mmHg.

Calculate the volume of the gas at s.t.p (5mks)

(d) Smoke is confined in a smoke cell and observed through a microscope.

Explain what is observed when the temperature of the smoke cell is raised. (6mks)

3. (a)
 The diagram above shows a large smooth bowl ABC. Explain what happens when a ball is
released from P (6mks)

(b) Describe how you would measure the mass of a uniform metre rule using a known mass
and a knife edge only. (7mks)

(c) In a pulley system, the distance moved by a effort is five (5) times the distance moved by
a load. Calculate the efficiency of the system if an effort required just to move a load of
60N is 20N. (7mks)

4. (a) Explain the causes of refraction of light (3mks)

(b) Describe an experiment you would use to measure the reflective index of glass using a
glass block. (2mks)

(c) (i) State the conditions for total internal reflection to occur (2mks)

(ii) State two applications of total internal reflection (2mks)

(iii) Calculate the refractive index of water if the critical angle for an air water interface is
48.8o (5mks)