VICTOR HILL SS

S2 PHYSICS
END OF TERM 2 ASSESSMENT
DURATION: 1HR: 45MINS

SECTION A
1) Scenario: you have been given a job in an industry that manufactures
and produces thermometers. And you have been appointed as the head
of the department of calibrating these thermometers after produce.
You have been tasked to teach the friends on how to determine its
upper and lower fixed point (calibrating a thermometer)
Task: prepare the procedures with aid of illustrations on how to
calibrate the thermometer with both upper and lower fixed points
(10 marks)

SECTION B
2) Describe the different forms of heat transfer (3 marks)
3) Distinguish heat from temperature (2 marks)
4) State any four types of thermometers (2 marks)
5) A newly made thermometer has its lower fixed point as 5.0cm and its
upper fixed point 30.0cm from the bulb. What is the temperature if the
length of the mercury column is 15 cm from the bulb (3marks)
6) Define force and state its SI unit (2 marks)
7) a. define fiction force (1 mark)
b. state the advantages and disadvantages of friction (4 marks)
8) A body is acted upon by various forces as shown the figure below. . . .
.. Determine the resultant force (3 marks)
20N 30N

15N 15N

10N
END