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Define physics

name two branches of physics


Give two career opportunities for someone who has done physics up to form four level
State two laboratory rules

Define the following quantities of measurement and give their SI unit

Length
Volume
State the reading shown by the arrow below

A sheet of paper measures 25 cm by 15 cm calculate its area in mm

7. A sheet of paper measures 25 cm by 15 cm. Calculate its area in mm^2.


8. A sphere of diameter 7.6 cm is molded into a thin uniform wire of diameter 0.35 cm. Calculate
the length of the wire in meters. (Take π=22/7)

8. A sphere of diameter 7 cm is molded into a thin uniform wire of diameter 0.35 cm calculate
the length of wire in meters take by to be 22/7

Use the setup below to answer the question that follows


Find the volume of the stone
Calculate the density of stone given that mass is 250 g

Tank measures 20 m long, 10 m wide and 2 m high.Calculate the mass of water in the tank
when it is full. Density of water is 1,000 Kg/m

Define force and give its SI unit

Give two effects of force

The initial reading in a burette containing water is 25 cm 20 drops of water each of average
volume 0.25 cm cube falls from the burette find the final burette reading

Name two instrument in physics laboratory that are used to measure the volume of a liquid

Explain why it is not suitable to determine the volume of a irregular charcoal using displacement
method

Giving examples, differentiate between a basic quantity and derived quantity

The mass of an empty density of bottle is 20 g it is 45 g when full of water and its weight is 60 g
when full of liquid x calculates
mass of water
mass of liquid x
volume of water given its density is one g per centimeter
volume of the bottle
density of the liquid x

You are provided with the following


eureka can
a small beaker
a stone
a measuring cylinder
some water
describe how you will use the apparatus above to measure the volume of the stone

In an experiment to estimate the diameter of a cylindrical wire a thin thread wraps around a
cylinder exactly 30 times calculate
the circumference of cylinder if the length of the trade is 50 cm
the radius of wire

100 cm of freshwater of density 100Kg is mixed with 100 cm of seawater of density 1030
kg/.calculate
mass of freshwater
mass of seawater
total mass
Total volume
density of mixture

Define area and give its SI unit

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