NAME: ……………………………………………………………… CLASS: ………………………

EXAMINATION COUNCIL OF ZAMBIA

KASEMPA DAY SECONDARY SCHOOL
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES
2021 GRADE 12 SCIENCE PAPER 1 END OF TERM 1 TEST
DURATION: 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES TOTAL MARKS: 31
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CANDIDATES:
1. There are two sections in this test paper, section A and section B. Section A consists of ten (10)
multiple choice questions. Choose the one you consider correct and record your choice by marking
it with a cross (X). Section B consists of three (3) structural questions. Write your answers in the
spaces provided on the question paper. Attempt all questions in this test.
2. Write your name and class in the spaces provided.
Section A (10 marks)
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Section B (marks 21)

1. (a) Define ‘magnetic field’.

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(b) Figure 1.1 shows a soft bar placed in a solenoid.

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 (i) Label on the diagram, the end poles produced when the switch is closed. [1]
(ii) Draw in the space below, the magnetic field formed around the electromagnet.

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(c) State one application of electromagnetism.
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(d) Why would steel be unsuitable as the core of such an electromagnet?
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2. (a) State the condition needed for a beam of light to be reflected in a regular manner.
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(b) An object O is placed 6cm from a plane mirror as shown in figure 2.1.

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Object O

Mirror

(i) Complete the diagram in figure 2.1 show the paths of the reflected rays. [2]
(ii) Indicate the position of the image of object O. [1]
(iii) What type of image is this?
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(c) A girl with a mouth 4cm wide stands 2m from a vertical plane mirror.
(i) Her image is laterally inverted. What does this mean?
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(ii) How wide is the image of her mouth?
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 (iii) She walks towards the mirror at 1ms-1. At what speed does her image move?
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(d) State one use of a plane mirror other than as a looking glass.
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3. Figure 3.1 below shows a ray of light moving from one medium to another.

(a) Find the angle of refraction.

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(b) Calculate the refractive index of medium B.

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(c) Calculate the critical angle of medium B if medium A is vacuum.

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(d) (i) Which of the two media is denser than the other?

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(ii) Explain your answer in (d) (i) above.

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WISHING YOU THE VERY BEST AND HAPPY HOLIDAY!!!!!

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