MCM NKANA SECONDARY SCHOOL

School Based Assessment for School Certificate Ordinary level

Physics 5054/3
Paper 3 Practical Test

Tuesday 27th October 2020

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CONFIDENTIAL INSTRUCTIONS

Great care should be taken to ensure that any confidential information given does not reach the
candidates either directly or indirectly.
No access to the Question Paper is permitted in advance of the examination.
Question 1

Items to be supplied to each candidate (per set of apparatus, unless otherwise specified)

Polystyrene or plastic cup of volume at least 120 cm3.

Supply of water at room temperature. See Note 1.

100 cm3 measuring cylinder.

Thermometer.

Supply of crushed ice. See Note 2.

5 ml plastic spoon or plastic teaspoon to enable candidates to transfer ice from the
supply to the cup.

Stirrer.

Paper towels.

Notes

1. Each candidate will require approximately 100 cm3 of water at room temperature. There
should therefore be sufficient water for all candidates to use. This should have been
placed in a container overnight so that it is in thermal equilibrium with its surroundings.
2. The supply of crushed ice should ideally be at 0 °C.
3. At the changeover, the Supervisor should empty the measuring cylinder and either dry or
replace the cup. The Supervisor should ensure that the supply of water at room
temperature and the supply of crushed ice is sufficient for the next candidate. Wet paper
towels should be removed and replaced by dry ones.

Question 2
Items to be supplied to each candidate (per set of apparatus, unless otherwise specified)
3
100 cm Pyrex beaker.
3 3
250 cm beaker containing at least 100 cm of water at room temperature.

Supply of hot water e.g. kettle to be shared between candidates.

3
100 cm measuring cylinder.

liquid in glass thermometer, readable to the nearest °C.

Plastic stirrer.

Stand, boss and clamp.

Notes
3 3
1. The 100 cm beaker should be labelled A. If there is no 50 cm mark on the beaker,
Supervisors should provide one, using a permanent marker pen.
2. There should be sufficient supplies of hot water to ensure that candidates do not have to
carry hot water across the laboratory e.g. one kettle between four sets of apparatus.
Supervisors should bring the water to the boil just before changeover so the next
candidates have a supply of water at a sufficiently high temperature.
3. The thermometer should be held in the stand, clamp and boss so that candidates can
easily place it in beaker A as shown in Fig. 2.1.

4. At the changeover, Supervisors should;

 discard the water from beaker A and the measuring cylinder,
 replenish the supply of water at room temperature, if necessary,
 ensure that the supply of hot water has just boiled.