MIA MOJA SECONDARY SCHOOL

P. O. BOX 252
TIMAU.

NAME:__________________________ADM NO:_______________________
DATE:_________________CLASS____________SIGNATURE____________

232: PHYSICS FORM 2

MID-TERM 1 EXAM, 2024.
TIME: 1 HOUR 20 MINUTES

Instructions
Answer all the questions in the spaces provided
All calculations must be clearly shown
All sketches and drawings must be done using a pencil

1. What is rectilinear propagation of light? (1 mk)

2. (a) Sate three characteristics of images formed in plane mirrors (3 mks)

(b) The diagram below shows a pencil laying in front of a plane mirror. Draw the exact
position of the image. (3 mks)

(c) The figure below shows a ray of light incident on a plane mirror at an angle
700.The mirror is rotated clockwise through an angle of 300 about an axis
perpendicular to the paper. Find the new angle of reflection (4 mks)

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3. (a) Using a well labeled diagram, show how an image of an arrow erected in front of a
pinhole camera is form. (5 mks)

(b) State two characteristics of images formed in a pinhole camera (2 mks)

(c) What is magnification? (1 mk)

(d) A building 100 m from a pinhole camera produces an image 2 cm high, 20 cm

behind the pinhole. Calculate:
(i) Magnification of the pinhole camera (3 mks)

(ii) Height of the building (3 mks)

4. (a) Using clear diagrams, show the three types of beams (6 mks)

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 (b) Draw ray diagrams to illustrate the following:
(i) The formation of total eclipse of the sun (5 mks)

(ii) The operation of a periscope (3 mks)

5. (a) Explain the difference between heat and temperature (2 mks)

(b) List the three modes of heat transfer (3 mks)

(c) State two factors that affect the rate of heat transfer by conduction through a
material (2 mks)

(d) Explain how the colour of a surface affects heat transfer by radiation (2 mks)

(e) Give one application of heat transfer by convection (1 mk)

(f) How can you use the domestic hot water system to explain the particulate nature of
matter? (1 mk)