1.

Name the following measuring instruments:

(a) (b)

(2 marks)
2. Five identical spheres are placed between two blocks in order to measure their
diameter.

What is the diameter of a single sphere? Give your answer in cm.

Answer: ……………. cm (3 marks)

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3. Labelled the function for upper jaws and lower jaws of the measuring instrument
below. Which parts measuring internal dimension and external dimension.

(2 marks)

4. Diagram below shows a micrometer screw gauge. Determine what is the measurement
shown in the box and calculate its total measurement.

Total value = …………………………. mm (4 marks)

5. A student wants to take a particularly accurate measurement of the volume of liquid in

a measuring cylinder. What is the procedure would make her measurement less
accurate?
…………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………

(1 mark)

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6. A cylindrical can is rolled along the ruler shown in the diagram. The can rolls over
twice. What is the circumference (distance all round) of the can?

Circumference = ……………………………… (2 marks)

7. A wave can be described as a disturbance that travels through a medium from one
location to another location.
(i) Define the following terms that involve in waves.

(a) Amplitude

………………………………………………………………………………………

(b) Frequency

………………………………………………………………………………………

(c) Wave speed

………………………………………………………………………………………

(3 marks)

(ii) Water waves are transverse waves. Other waves can be longitudinal. State a
similarity and a difference between a transverse wave and a longitudinal wave.
…………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………

(2 marks)

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 (iii) State the equation of wave speed.

(1 mark)

8. A boy throws a small stone into a pond. Waves spread out from where the stone hits
the water and travel to the side of the pond. The boy notices that eight waves reach the
side of the pond in a time of 5.0s. What is the frequency of the waves?

Frequency = …………………… unit …………….. (2 marks)

9. Sound waves travel at a speed of 1500 m/s through a substance. Their wavelength is
5.00 cm. What is their frequency.

Frequency = …………………… unit …………….. (2 marks)

10. Describe how gap size and wavelength affects the effect of diffractions.

…………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………..

(2 marks)

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11. Describe the characteristics of an image in a plane mirror.

(i)……………………………………

(ii)…………………………………...

(iii)…………………………………..

(iv)…………………………………..

(4 marks)

12. Rays of light enter and leave a box. What could be inside the box to make the rays

behaviour as shown below.

Answer = ……………………………………. (1 mark)

13. What is refractive index?

…………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………

(1 mark)

14. State the three equations to calculate the refractive index.

(3 marks)

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15. Name the lenses below and draw the ray diagrams. Describe its properties as either
converging or diverging.

Answer: Answer:

16. The table shows the main sections of the electromagnetic spectrum.
(a) The arrow indicate the direction of …………………………….. (1
mark)

(b) What are three electromagnetic waves that are harmful to living things?

(i)……………………………………………..

(ii)…………………………………………….

(iii)……………………………………………

(3 marks)

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17. The circuit shown below was used to determine R, the resistance of a resistor, using
the equation;

V
R=
I

The value for R is to be determined for different values of current I.

(a) Name the components labelled X and Y.

X …………………………………………

Y…………………………………………

(2 marks)

(b) What is the purpose of the component X?

…………………………………………………………………………..……..(1 mark)

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18. Figure below shows how a student set up a circuit using three identical lamps.
Assume that the resistance of each lamp does not change with the brightness of the
lamp. Each lamp is labelled 12 V, 0.2 A.

(a) Calculate the resistance of one of the lamps.

resistance = ……………………….. (2 marks)

(b) Calculate the combined resistance of the three lamps as connected in figure
shown above.

combined resistance = …………………………..(2marks)

(c) Calculate the current which would be shown on the ammeter in Fig. 7.

current = ……………………….. (2 marks)

(d) Explained why lamp A is less bright than normal and why lamps P and Q are
both equally very dim.
…………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………(1 mark)

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19. Draw a current-voltage graphs to show a characteristic of an ohmic resistor and of a
filament lamp. Label the graphs.

(2 marks)

20. Draw the magnetic field patterns of a current-carrying wire. The wire is carrying the
current in and out of the page.

(2 marks)
21. Transformers are used to change the voltage of a power supply. The diagram below
shows a simple transformer. If the input voltage is 48V, what is the output voltage?

output voltage = ……………………. V (1 mark)

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