TUTORKE EXAMS

END OF TERM 3 EXAMINATIONS 2021

FORM 1
PHYSICS
TIME: 2 HOURS
NAME……………………………………………………………………………….
ADM NUMBER…………………………………………………………………………
Answer ALL the questions in the spaces provided (50marks)
1. A stopwatch started 0.36s after the start button was pressed. The time recorded using a
stopwatch for an athlete running from point A to B was 12.86s. Determine the actual time taken
by the athlete. (3mks)

2. The figure below shows a brick of mass 8.0kg standing upright on the ground as shown.

What is the pressure it exerts on the ground? (g = 10N/kg) (3 marks)

3. State the relationship between Physics and Mathematics.(2mks)

4. State the property of light associated with formation of shadows. (1 mark)

5. State one way of increasing surface tension. (1mk)

6. Distinguish between Brownian motion and diffusion. (1mk)

7. The figure below shoes a Bunsen burner.

Explain how air is drawn into the burner when the gas tap is opened. (3mks)

8. A vacuum pump was used to pump out air from the glass immersed in liquids as shown below

After sometime the level of water rose to position X. Mark Y the corresponding position for the
paraffin level. Give a reason for your answer. (3mks)

9. When a liquid is heated in a glass flask, it is observed that the level at first goes and then rises.
Explain the observation. (3mks)
10. Give two ways of increasing sensitivity of a clinical thermometer. (2mks)

11. The figure below shows two mirrors M1 and M2 are inclined at right angles to each other.
Trace the reflection of the ray through the two mirrors and find the angle between the incident
ray and reflected ray of mirror M2. (3mks)

12.State any 2 ways of in increasing the size of an image formed by a fixed pinhole camera.(2
mks)

13. State 2 advantages of alkaline battery over a lead acid battery. (2 mks)

14. Negatively charged rod is brought near the cap of a lightly charged electroscope. The leaf
divergence first reduces but as the rod comes nearer, it diverges more.
i) State the charge of the electroscope. (1 mark)

ii) Explain the behavior of the leaf above. (2 marks)

15. The Jupiter’s gravitational field strength is 26 N/Kg. What would be the weight of an object
that weighs 30N on earth on Jupiter’s . (4 marks) (Take g = 10 N/Kg)

16. The figure below is of a gas jar completely filled with water and covered with a soft
cardboard. State and explain the observation made when the set – up is suddenly inverted.
(3 marks)
17. In a vacuum flask the walls enclosing the vacuum are silvered on the inside. State the reason
for this. (2 mks )

18. The reading on a mercury barometer at Mombasa is 760mm. Calculate the pressure at
Mombasa (density of mercury is 1.36x104 Kgm-3 ) (4marks)

19. Explain the cause of random motion of smoke particles as observed in Brownian motion
experiment using a smoke cell. (2marks)

20. When a Bunsen burner is lit below a wire gauze, it is noted that the flame initially burns
below the gauze as shown in the figure below. After sometime the flame burns below as well as
above the gauze.

Explain this observation (3 marks)

END OF TERM 3 2021 EXAMINATIONS
FORM 1
PHYSICS
MS
1. Time taken = (12.86s - 0.36s)
= 12.50s or 12.50 seconds
2.

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3. Many concepts in Physics are expressed mathematically.
4. Light travels in a straight line.
5. By reducing temperature (any one) w.t.t.e
By removing impurities
6. Brownian motion is the movement of molecules in a continuous random motion while
diffusion is the movement of particles from the region of high concentration to a region of low
concentration. (Deny a mark if the two definitions are not correct).
7. When the gas tap is opened, gas flows at high speed creating a low pressure √above the
nozzle. The higher atmospheric√ pressure on the outside pushes air in and gas burns.
8. Paraffin is less dense than√ water hence occupies a longer column to balance pressure due to
water column.
9. On heating, the glass flask absorbs heat energy faster that the liquids and expands increasing
its volume thus the drop; but liquid expands more that the solids whereby the liquids on
absorbing heat occupies more space and hence the rise.
10. a) Thin bulb
b) Narrow capillary bore
11.
12. - increasing the size of the object
- Reducing the distance of the object from the pin-hole.
13. Large currents can be drawn from them
- They can be kept in a discharged condition for a long time.
- They are lighter than lead-acid accumulators

14. (i) Positive charge

(ii) The leaf divergence initially reduced because the positive charges on the leaf and the metal
rod are neutralized by electrons from the cap. The leaf divergence later increased because after
all the positive charge on the leaf and metal rod are neutralized the leaf and metal rod acquire the
negative charge from the cap which repel causing the leaf to rise.
15.

16. The cardboard does not fall. The atmospheric pressure acting upwards is greater than the
pressure due to the water column.
17. To reduce heat loss through radiation.
18.

19. Smoke particles are being hit by unseen air molecules moving in a random motion
20. Wire gauze is a good conductor of heat and hence conduct heat away from the upper region
of the wire gauze the gas reaches its ignition temperature later when the flame starts showing on
the upper region.