Form one PHYSICS.

40 mins

Answer all questions.

1) a) Who is a physicist?

b) Who is a physician? 2mks.

2) Give 5 ways in which science has helped mankind. 5mks.

3) Give the S.I. units of the following quantities

a. Time
b. Length
c. Mass 3mks.

4) What is the symbol for each of the following units?

a. Kilogram
b. Micrometer
c. Kilometer
d. Kelvin 2mks.

5) a) What do you understand by a superstitious belief?

b) List any 4 superstitious beliefs you know. 4mks.

6) a) What is an estimate?

b) Give 2 instances where an estimate has been very misleading. 4mks.

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FORM 5 PHYSICS 45 MINS

Answer all questions.

1) a) Explain why, if freely suspended near the earth’s surface, a bar magnet will lie
pointing approximately north-South.

b) How does this enable the poles of the magnets to be identified? 3mks.

2) a) Explain why soft iron is better used in an electromagnet.

b) Explain why steel would not be suitable for use in an electromagnet. 4mks

3) a) Name 2 substances other than iron or steel, which are magnetic

b) If you were given two metallic bars and told that one is a magnet, how would
you find out which one is the magnet? 4mks.

4) a) State the law of force between two magnetic poles

b) If you are given three metallic bars and told that two are magnets, how would
you find out which one is not a magnet? 5mks.

5) a) Give 4 properties of a magnetic field.

b) What is meant by a neutral point in a magnetic field? 4mks.

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Upper sixth Physics 60 mins.
Answer all questions

1) a) Distinguish between stationary waves and progressive waves with

reference to the following i) amplitude ii) frequency iii) wavelength iv)
phase v) waveform vi)energy transmission
b) Describe an experiment to determine the speed of sound in air using
a resonance method. Your account should include diagrams, procedure,
precautions, observations and conclusion.

2)a) i) Explain what is meant by angular speed and give its S.I. units.

ii) Derive the expression for the acceleration of a body moving in a

circular path of radius r with ω speed v is V2/r

iii) Draw a diagram to show the direction of the acceleration in i) above.

b) Explain why a particle of mass m moving in a circular path of radius r

at constant speed v must experience a force.
3) The equation y=a sin (ωt-kx) represents a plane wave travelling in a
medium along the x-direction, y being the displacement at the point x at
time t.
i) Deduce with justifications whether the wave is travelling in the
positive x-direction or the negative x-direction.

ii) If a = 1.0x10-7 m, ω=6.6x103 s-1, and k=20 m-1

calculate

a) the speed of the wave.

b) the maximum speed of a particle of the medium due to the wave.
c) The period and wavelength of the wave.
d) The frequency of the wave.
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