REVISION QUESTIONS 2

1.Which of these is a non-luminous object? A. solar

A. Sun B. umbra
B. Moon C. lunar
C. Firefly D. penumbra
D. Glow worm E. shadow
E. Deep sea fish 8.The form of energy that causes sensation of
2.Objects that allow little amount of light through vision is called
them are said to be A. light
A. opaque B. wind
B. translucent C. thermal
C. transparent D. kinetic
D. shadow E. potential
E. polarized
3.Which of these is an artificial luminous object?
A. Sun
B. Moon
C. Firefly 9.The splitting of the colours of white light into
D. Candle flame spectrum is called
E. Glow worm A. interference
4.Which of these is not an example of a translucent B. refraction
object? C. reflection
A. Frosted glass D. dispersion
B. Oily Paper E. polarization
C. Ice `` 10.Irregular reflection occurs when light falls on
D. Clean water A. smooth surface
E. Tissue Paper B. plane mirror
C. rough surface
D. smooth and then rough surface
E. rough and then smooth surface
11.Which of the following planets is called a dwarf
planet?
A. Mercury
5.The collection of rays of light is called B. Pluto
A. beam of light C. Venus
B. reflection D. Jupiter
C. reflection E. Saturn
D. diffraction 12.Which of the following sources of energy is
E. rays of light renewable?
6.The collection of rays travelling from A. Petroleum
different directions to a point is called B. Charcoal
A. divergent beam C. Nuclear
B. parallel beam D. Sun
C. dispersion E. Oil
D. convergent beam 13.The energy possessed by a moving car is
E. polarization called____energy.
7.When the Moon comes between the Sun A. kinetic
and the Earth, the eclipse is B. chemical
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D. electrical D. 11
E. solar E. 13
14.How many colours are there in the spectrum of 21.Which of these is not part of the spectrum of
white light? light?
A. Two A. Black
B. Five B. Blue
C. Seven C. Green
D. Three D. Red
E. Eight E. Orange
15.The rotation of the Earth about its axis causes
A. eclipse
B. day only
C. night only
D. day and night
E. season
16.The S.I unit of mass is called 22.The correct ascending order of distance of
A. Second planets from Sun is
B. Kilogram A. Mars, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn
C. Ampere B. Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
D. Kelvin C. Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter
E. Metre D. Earth, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn
17.The force of attraction of the Earth on E. Mercury, Neptune, Pluto
object is termed 23.Which of the following planets is considered
A. gravitational pull as ‘Earth’s-twin’?
B. electrical pull A. Mars
C. magnetic pull B. Mercury
D. elastic pull C. Venus
E. electrostatic pull D. Saturn
18.A group of stars that appears to form a E. Earth
picture is called . 24.The instrument used to measure a very small
A. constellation length is
B. neptune A. meter rule
C. fiber B. ruler
D. nebular C. micrometer screw gauge
E.luminous D. vernier caliper
19.Which of the planets takes the shortest E.tape rule
time to complete its revolution? 25.Images that cannot be cast onto a screen are
A. Mars said to be
B. Earth A. real
C. Mercury B. virtual
D. Venus C. erect
E. Jupiter D. magnified
20.How many planets are there in our solar E.diminished
system? 26.A straight rod placed in a basin of water
A. 8 appears bent; this is due to what property of
B. 9 light?

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 A. Dispersion D. Kilometre
B. Reflection E. Heat
C. Refraction 33.The wasted energy in electric bulb is
D. Polarization A. heat energy
E. Interference B. light energy
27.An example of a regular reflection is surface of C. chemical energy
A. book D. electrical energy
B. plane mirror E. sound energy
C. flower
D. cloth
E. wall

28.Which of the following is an example of 34.What angle does a normal line make with
primary colour? a reflecting surface?
A. Cyan A. 450
B. Red B. 600
C. Magenta C. 900
D. Yellow D. 1800
E. Purple E. 00
29.If a boy is 5cm in front of a plane mirror, his 35.When light passes through a prism, the
image will be most deviated colour is
A. 10cm in front of the mirror A. red
B. 10cm behind the mirror B. orange
C. 5cm in front of the mirror C. yellow
D. 5cm behind the mirror D. black
E. 5cm just on the mirror E. indigo
30.The area in which light rays cannot reach is 36.The quantity of matter contained in a body
called is called
A. shadow A. force
B. eclipse B. mass
C. dispersion C. time
D. diffraction D. volume
E. refraction E. particle.
31.Which of these is an example of renewable 37.Which of the following is not a contact
energy? force ?
A. Wind A. Drag
B. Coal B. Reaction
C. Wood C. Friction
D. Petrol D. Weight
E. Chemicals E. Tension
32.What is the S.I unit of temperature? 38.The angle between an incident ray and a
A. Kilogram mirror surface is called _________angle.
B. Thermometer A. incident
C. Kelvin B. reflected

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 C. refracted C. It absorbs all the colours of the
D. glancing spectrum
E. diffracted D. It reflect none of the colours
39.Spring balance is calibrated in E. It absorbs red and green colours
A. metre 43.The image formed by a pin-hole camera is
B. Newton always
C. kilogram A. virtual
D. Joule B. real
E. Watt C. upright
D. small
E. big

44.We can see objects because of______

40.The angle between the normal and the
A. reflection.
reflected ray is called
B. refraction.
A. normal angle
C. transmission.
B. angle of incidence
D. diffraction.
C. angle of reflection
E. diversion.
D. angle of dip
45.Angle of incidence is equal to angle of
E. angle of refraction
A. reflection
41.The diagram shows a ray of white light
B. refraction
entering a triangular glass prism. The light C. transmission
passes through the prism and emerges as a D. incident
band of coloured light which strikes a E. emission
screen. 46.Which of the following lights are
complementary colours ?
A. red + blue
B. green + white
C. white + magenta
D. black + blue
E. red + cyan

What are the colours of x and y?

A. x=blue , y=green
B. x=red, y=blue
C. x=red, y=violet
D. x=violet, y=red
E. x=cyan, y=yellow
42.A white light appears white because 47.What is the reading accuracy of the metre
A. It reflects equally all the colours of the rule?
spectrum A. 0.1 cm
B. It reflects red light B. 1.0 cm
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 C. 0.1 mm A. gravity
D. 10 mm B. upthrust
E. 10 cm C. mass
48.Which of the following does not use a D. tension
plane mirror? E. thrust
A. Periscope 50.The image formed by a plane mirror is
B. Kaleidoscope always
C. Sextant A. real and erect
D. Telescope B. real and inverted
E. Galvanometer C. real and laterally inverted
49.The weight of a body is the force on the D. virtual and erect
body due to E. real and straight.

SECTION B
INSTRUCTION: Answer three questions in all. Each question carries equal marks.
PART I: BECE: Answer two questions from this part.
1.Define the following terms, giving two examples in each case.10marks
i. Luminous objects
ii. Opaque objects
iii. Translucent objects
iv. Non-Luminous objects
v. Transparent objects.
2a.i.What is rectilinear propagation of light?1mark
ii. Write any three evidences in support of the rectilinear propagation of light. 3marks
ANSWER: reflection,refraction,shadows,eclipses,pin hole cameras
b.With the aid of diagrams, explain the three types of beams. 6marks
3a.i.State the laws of reflection. 2marks
ANSWER:1.angle of incidence equals angle of reflection
2. The incident ray,the reflected ray,the normal at the point of incidence all lie in the same
plane.
ii. List three examples of surfaces that produce diffused reflection. 3marks
ANSWER:1.clothe
2.water
3.road
b.i.Write three characteristics of images formed in a plane mirror. 3marks
ANSWER:1.virtual
2.upright
3.laterally inverted
4.same size as object
5.same distance to mirror as objects
ii.State two properties of light energy.2marks
ANSWER:1.travels in a straight line
2.reflected
3.refracted
4.travels as 300000000m/s

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 PART II: CHECKPOINT
Answer one question from this part.
4a.Copy and label the diagram showing the reflection of light by a mirror.
Choose words from:
angle of incidence, angle of reflection, normal,incident ray,reflected ray6marks

b. White light can be split into different colours by a glass prism.

i.Write down the name given to this splitting of white light. 1mark
Copy and complete the order of the seven colours. 3marks
red

______i_________

Yellow

______ii__________

Blue

_______iii._________

violet

Note: Fill the blank spaces numbered i, ii &iii.

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5a.Copy and complete the light rays in the three diagrams.

2marks

ii

2marks

iii

2marks

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b.Choose the word from the list to match each definition below
inverted ; opaque; penumbra ; umbra ; ; upright ; translucent.
i. upside down ( describing an image of an object).1mark
ii. the very dark part of a shadow.1mark
c. Light is reflected by water.
The diagram shows some paths the ray of light may take.

i.Which letter shows the reflected ray of light?1mark

ABC DE
ii.The law of reflection is about the angle of incidence (i) and the angle of reflection (r). 1mark
Write the correct sentence.
i is always larger than r
i is always the same as r
r is always larger than i
r is sometimes larger than i

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SECTION A
1 B 14 C 27 B 40 C

2 B 15 D 28 B 41 C

3 D 16 B 29 D 42 A

4 D 17 A 30 A 43 B

5 A 18 A 31 B 44 A

6 D 19 C 32 C 45 A

7 C 20 A 33 A 46 E

8 A 21 A 34 C 47 A

9 D 22 B 35 E 48 D

10 A 23 C 36 B 49 A

11 B 24 C 37 D 50 D

12 D 25 B 38 D

13 A 26 C 39 B