PHYSICS FORM ONE TAKE HOME - FRIDAY, May 8 - 2020

1. (a) What is density?

(b) Write the formular of density with its SI- Unit
2. The length of one side of a metal cube is 5.22 cm and it's mass is 65.8 g , what is the density of the cube?
3. A gold coin has a volume of 25cm 3 and density of 19.3g/cm3 . Determine the mass of the coin.
4. If a 200g solid lead ball is placed in an Eureka can filled with water, what volume of water will overflow?
5. A physics student obtained the following results for the diameter of the same wire from an experiment; 0.35mm,
0.36mm, and 0.34mm. Calculate the diameter of wire.
6. (a) What is scientific method ?
(b) Name all steps involved in a scientific method or investigation. Use diagram.
7. As part of their study, Form 2 students were asked to find out whether girls in their class perform better than boys
in physics. If you were one of them
i) compose the question ii) Develop the hypothesis iii) Carry out an experiment to taste your hypothesis iv)
Draw a conclusion from your experiment.
8. (a) How would you use a metre rule to measure the length of a desk ?
(b) Show four differences between mass and weight
9. (a) Define the volume of a substance
(b) State three apparatus that are used to measure the volume of a liquid .

Complete the following statement by writing correct answer.

10 .(a) (i) Mass, length and ……………… are the three fundamental quantities of
Measurement in Physics.
(ii) Vernier calipers measure length to an accuracy of ……………. cm.
(iii) Fundamental quantities are ………………………………………………..
(iv) Derived quantities are ……………………………………………………...
(v) A physical quantity measured by using thermometer is referred to as
……………………..
(vi) The quantity of space that object occupies is known as…………………..
(vii) ……………… are units of physical quantities which are not definable in
terms of other quantities.
(viii) ……………….are units of physical quantities which can be expressed in
terms of fundamental quantities.
(ix) The comparison of unknown physical quantity with a known standard
quantity is known as………………….
(x) The process of assigning numbers to observation or events is known
as…………………
(xi) The relative density of a liquid can be easily determined by . . . . . . .

(b) In an experiment to determine the relative density of a liquid R, form one student obtained the following results
after various measurements:

Mass of an empty relative density bottle = 30 g

Mass of a bottle + liquid R = 45 g
Mass of a bottle + water = 55 g
Volume of a bottle = 25 cm3
Calculate
(i) the density of water in kg/m3
(ii) the density of liquid R in kg/m3
(iii) the relative density of liquid R

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