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Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education

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A copy of the Periodic Table is printed on page 16.

For Examiner's Use

Total

This document consists of 16 printed pages.

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1 An experiment was performed to determine the relationship between the resistance

of a
wire and the heat energy lost from the wire when there is a current in it.

Fig' 1 .1 shows the set-up that was used, with the wire connected between points p
and e.

Fig. 1.1

(a) The diameter d and length / of the wire were measured.

(i) Fig' 1.2 shows the micrometer screw gauge when measuring the diameter d of the wire.

Fig.1.2
What is the diameter d of the wire?

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(ii) Fig. 1.3 shows a wire of length / drawn to scale.

Fig. 1.3

Measure and record the length / of the wire in mm.

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For
Examiner's
(iii) Calculate the resistance R of the wire. Use the equation Use

R=0.0014 where I and d are in mm.

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d'

ft=........... .. ... l2l

(b) (i) Fig. 1.4 shows the reading of the ammeter when the switch S was closed.

Fig. 1.4

Record the current.I measured by the ammeter.

f_
I - ............ l1l

(i i) Fig. 1.5 shows a stop watch used to measure the time f for which the switch S was
closed.

min 5ec %u*,

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Fig. 1.5
Record the time f in seconds, for which the switch S was closed.

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(iii) Calculate the heat energy E produced in the wire in time f.

Use the equation E = 12Rt.

energy = t1l
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(c) You are provided with wires made of three different materials, copper, iron and
nichrome.
Each material is provided in two different diameters, 0.smm and 0.1 mm.

Describe how you would investigate the best material and diameter for a wire
to make an
electrical heater.
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For
Examiner's
2 An experiment was performed to determine the refractive index n of a glass block. Use

Fig.2.1 shows the results obtained from the experiment.

Fig.2.1

(a) Measure and record

(i) the angle of incidence i,

l=

(ii) the angle of refraction r.

r=
l2l
(b) Calculate the refractive index n of the glass. Use the equation

sin i
f'l = --, -
stn r

n= l1l
(c) The experiment is repeated using a larger angle of incidence ;.

How will this affect the refractive index n?

I1l

(d) Suggest one source of error that may affect the accuracy of the measurement in (a).

t1l
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3 A student performed an experiment to find the type of wood which produces most heat energy
when it is burned.

She heated equal volumes of water using equal masses of different types of wood chips
labelled P, Q and R. The initial temperature of the water was 22

(a) Fig. 3.1 shows a measuring cylinder containing the volume of water that was used.

cm'

Fig.3.1
Record the volume Vof the water used.

V=........... ....... t1l

(b) Fig. 3.2 shows the thermometer scale readings after heating the water using each type of
wood for 5 minutes.

ffi
wood P
[w
wood Q wood R

Fig.3.2
The student recorded the density of each wood in Table 3.1.

Complete Table 3.1 by writing the final temperatures of the water as shown by the
thermometer scales.

Table 3.1

wood density/ (g /cm3) final temperature /'C

P 0.64 42

a 1.27

R 1.10
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(c) What conclusion can be drawn from these measurements? Use

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(d) Suggest one other variable that would need to be kept constant in order to ensure that the
experiment was a fair test.

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4 A student prepared potassium chloride, KCt,by neutralizing 25 cm3 of a solution of potassium

carbonate, KzCOs, with hydrochloric acid, HCl.

Fig. 4.1 shows the set-up used.

25 cm3 of potassium
carbonate solution +
methyl orange
Fig.4.1

(a) What is the colour of methyl orange

(i) at the beginning of the experiment,

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(ii) at the end of the experiment?

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For
Examiner's
{b) The diagrams show the burette readings before and at the end of three titrations. Use

titration 1 titration 2 titration 3

(i)
ffiM MM
Use the burette diagrams to complete Table 4.1.

Table 4.1

titration 1 2 3

final burette reading / cm3

initial burette reading /cm3

volume used/cm3

tick the best results

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(ii) Using the two best results, calculate the average volume of the acid used for the titration.

average volume = t1l

(c) This average volume of the acid was mixed with 25 cm3 of potassium carbonate solution to
obtain potassium chloride solution.

Describe how you would obtain crystals of potassium chloride from the solution.
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For
Examinefs
5 (a) Fig. 5.1 shows a set-up used in an experiment to prepare a solution of ammonia. Use

mixture of
ammonium
chloride and
sodium i
i
hydroxide tj
i

apparatus Y fi
i

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Fig. 5.1

Name the apparatus X and Y.

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(b) The ammonia solution prepared in (a) is used to test a solution of copper(Il) sulphate
solution.

What will be observed when

(i) only a few drops of ammonia solution are added,

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(ii) excess ammonia solution is added to the mixture in (b)(i)?

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(c) Describe how to test for the sulphate ions in aqueous copper(Il) sulphate solution.

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For
Examinels
6 Three plants E, F and G of different species were selected randomly. Different insects which Use
visited flowers of each plant between 0800 hrs and 1000 hrs were counted.

The results are shown in Fig. 6.1.

plant E plant F plant G

Key

iifi - bees

@ butterflies
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Fig.6.1

(a) Count the number of insects which visited each plant and record the results in Table 6.1 .

Table 6.1

flower bees butterflies wasps

E

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(b) Which plant is mostly visited by wasps?

l1l
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(c) Draw a bar chart to show the number of insects which visited plants E and F.

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(d) How can the investigation be improved?

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For
Examiner's
(c) Draw a bar chart to show the number of insects which visited plants E and F. Use

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(d) How can the investigation be improved?

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For
Examine/s
Fig. 7.1 shows a photograph of the cross-seciion of a paw-paw fruit. Use

Fig.7.1

(a) Make a large drawing of Fig. 7.1.

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(b) (i) Measure and record the longest diameter of the photograph. Use

longest diameter = l1I

(ii) The magnification of the fruit in the photograph is X0.8.

Calculate the actual diameter of the fruit.

actual diameter ........l2l

(c) A small piece of the fruit was tested for fats.
Describe how the piece would be tested for fats.

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