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PHYSICS
Paper 2
Nov. / Dec. 2022

2 1/4
hours

KAWAALA HIGH SCHOOL

END OF YEAR 2022
PHYSICS.
Paper
2B
2 hours 15 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

Attempt any five questions.

Mathematical tables, slide and non-programmable electronic calculators maybe used.
These values of physical quantities may be useful to you.

Acceleration due gravity, g = 10m s -2

Speed of light = 108m s -1
Density of water = 1000kg m -3

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1. (a) What is meant by uniform acceleration.

(b) A body of mass 60 kg starts moving with a velocity of 15 m s -1 and accelerates uniformly at

after 7 s. -2

(i) Draw a velocity-time graph for the motion.

(ii) Calculate the momentum of the body during the eighth second.
(iii) Calculate the retarding force.
(c)
Object

18 N 6N Figure 4

Two forces of 18 N and 6 N act in opposite directions on an object of mass 3 kg as shown in

figure 4. Calculate the acceleration of the body.

2. (a) Define the following terms:

(i) atomic number.

(ii) mass number.
(iii) isotopes.

(b) A radioactive nucleus decays by emission of alpha particles.

(i) What are alpha particles?

(ii) What changes occur in mass number and atomic number when the alpha particle is
emitted?
(iii) State any three differences between alpha particles and beta particles.

(c) The table shows the count rates of a certain radioactive material.

Count rate (s -1) 6400 5380 3810 2700 1910 1350

Time (min) 0 1 3 4 7 9

Plot a graph and use it to find the half-life of the material.

3. (a) A radioactive nuclide decays by emission of two alpha particles and two beta
particles to a nuclide Y.

(i) What is meant by a radioactive nuclide?

(ii) Give three differences between alpha and beta particles.
(iii) State the atomic number and mass number of Y.

(b) What precautions would have to be taken when handling radioactive materials?

(c) A certain mass of a radioactive material contains 2.7 x 10 24 radioactive atoms. How
many atoms will have decayed after 3200 years if the half-life of the material is 1600
years?
(d) Explain briefly one industrial application of radioactivity.
4 (a) Define each of the following terms as applied to wave motion;

(i) wave front. (ii)

wavelength.

(b) The wavelength of a radio wave is 10 m. Calculate

(i) the frequency.

(ii) the period of the wave.

(c) Why does sound travel faster in solids than in gases?

(d) (i) Explain why an open pipe is preferred to a closed pipe when used in producing
different notes.
(ii) The frequency of the third harmonic in a closed pipe is 280 Hz. Find the length of the
air column in the pipe.

5. (a) Give the differences between transverse and longitudinal waves.

(b) Two identical sources are made to produce circular waves in a ripple tank.

(i) Explain with the aid of a diagram, how interference fringes may be obtained.
(ii) What happens when the distance between the sources is reduced?

(c) A vibrator of frequency 50 Hz produces circular waves in a ripple tank. If the distance
between consecutive crests is 3 cm, what is the speed of the waves?

(d) (i) Explain why echoes are not heard in a small room.
(ii) Describe a simple echo method of determining the speed of sound in air.

END