2. (a) Table 2 is an incomplete table showing the quantity co be measured.

the instrument used

to measure the quantity and its S.I. unit.
Complete Table 2 by writing in the missing information.
Table 2

Quantity to be measured Instrument S.l. Unit

Volume of a liquid

Clinical thermometer

Newton

Time Stop clock

( 7 marks)

(b) A swimming pool 30 metres long is filled with water to a depth of 1 metre at the shallow
end and 5 metres at the deep end (see Figure 2 not drawn to scale).

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Figure 2
(i) ABCD the vertical cross-section through the pool has the shape of a trapezium with
area given by:
Area ABCD = 1(AB + CD) x AD
Calculate the area ABCD.

( 2 marks)

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cres wide.
(ii) Determine the volume of water in the pool, g•·ven that it is 20 .me

( 3marks)
(iii) Calculate the mass of water in the pool.

[density of water = 1000 kg m-3 ]

(3 marks)

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2. (a) Complete Table 2 which relates the physical quantities and their derived SI units.

TABLE2

(i) Physical Quantity Derived Sl Units

Area

Volume

Kgm- 3

(3 marks)

(ii) State TWO fundamental quantities and their corresponding SI units.

Fundamental Quantity SI Units

1.

2.

(4 marks)

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(i) Calculate the density of gasoline which occupies 150 cm of space and has a mass
(b)
of 102 g.

(3 marks)

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(ii) If 325 g of mercury of density 13.6 gcm-3 occupies a certain space, determine the
volume of the space.

(3 marks)

(iii) Calculate the relative density of gasoline using the density of mercury as the base
quantity for the comparison.

(2 marks)

Total 15 marks