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ECOLE SECONDAIRE SAINT CHARLES LWANGA DE RUNABA Date 20/04/2020

PHYSICS EXAM /70marks

CLASS: 1st FORM

TIME: 3HOURS

SECTION A: MULTIPLE QUESTIONS /8MARKS

1. A student determines the circumference of a golf ball. Which instrument gives a reading that is the
circumference of the golf ball? /1mark
calipers B. micrometer C. rule D. tape
2. One nanometer is equal to /1mark
A. 10-6m B. 10-8m C. 10-9m D. 10-5m
3. One thousand microns is equal to /1mark
A. 10-3m B. 10-6m C. 10-9m D. 10-12m
4. Which of the following is NOT a vector quantity? /1mark
(A) Acceleration (B) Average velocity (C) Linear momentum (D) Potential energy (E) Force
5. A ball is thrown vertically downward with an initial speed of 12.0 m/s from a height of 10.0 m above
the ground. Ignoring air resistance, what is the speed of the ball when it reaches the ground? /2marks
(A) 18.5 m/s (B) 14.6 m/s (C) 14.0 m/s (D) 12.8 m/s (E) 12.0 m/s
6. Sound travels at the fastest speed in /1mark
A. steel B. water C. air D. vacuum
7. Solar eclipse will take place when /1mark
A. the sun is between the moon and the earth
B. the earth is between the moon and the sun
C. the moon is between the sun and the earth
D. the moon does not lie on the line joining the sun and the earth

SECTION B: OPEN QUESTIONS /62MARKS

1. Define the term physics. /1mark
2. Explain why physics is a science. /1mark
3. Describe the scientific investigation processes. /3marks
4. Distinguish between a fundamental quantity and a derived quantity. /2marks
5. Name two fundamental quantities and their SI units. /4marks
6. Express the following in millimeters: (a) 2.7m (b) 26.9cm (c) 356 µm. /3marks
7. How many seconds are there in 5weeks? /4marks
8. A car uses 1 litre of petrol to cover a distance of 13km. How far, in metres, would such a
car cover with 30cm3 of petrol? /3marks
9. An object of volume 0.00423m3 has mass 36kg. Determine its density in kgm3. /2marks
10. The density of mercury is 13.6g/cm3. What volume will have a mass of 200g. /2marks

TEACHER: FURAHA MIHIGO

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11. What mass of gold has a volume of 2.5cm3? (Take the density of gold as 19.3g/cm3)
/3marks
12. What is the speed of a racing car in metres per second if the car covers 360km in
4hours? /3marks
13. A car travelled from town A to town B 200km east of A in 3hours. It then changed
direction and travelled a distance of 150km due north from town B to town C in 2hours.
Calculate the: /5marks
(a) Average speed for the whole journey
(b) Average velocity for the whole journey.
14. A car accelerates from rest to a velocity of 20m/s in 5seconds. Thereafter, it decelerates
to a rest in 8s. Calculate the acceleration of the car, /4marks
(a) In the first 5seconds
(b) In the next 8seconds.
15. (a) Define a vector quantity. Give two examples. /4marks
(b) A metal bob of mass 20 g is suspended using a light thread. Calculate the tension
developed in the thread. Take g = 10 N/kg. /1mark
(c) State four differences between mass and weight. /2marks
(d) A lift carrying people starts from the third floor and stops on the sixth floor of a
building after 20 s. Sketch a velocity-time graph of the motion of the lift. Show how you would
use your sketch to determine the distance between the third and the sixth floor of the building.
/3marks
16.A substance has mass, volume and density as its properties. Which properties may change if a
lump of sugar is crushed? /2marks
17. (a) Give a reason why it was necessary to establish SI units. /1mark
(b) How many micrometres are there in 4 cm? /2marks
(c) 1 kg of lead and 1 kg of aluminium are each made into a spherical ball. Which one will
occupy more space? Explain step by step how you arrived at your answer (The density of
Aluminum and Lead respectively are 2 700kg/m3 and 11 300kg/m3) /4marks
(d) A solid cube of aluminium has sides 10 cm long.
(i) Calculate its volume. /1mark
(ii) What mass in kilogram of aluminium has a mass of 100 g? Use the density of
Aluminium as 2700kg/m3. /2marks

HAPPY EASTER TO YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!

TEACHER: FURAHA MIHIGO