ZERAKI ACHIEVERS’ EXAMINATIONS (2022)

Term 2 - 2022
PHYSICS (232)
FORM ONE (1)
Time: 2 Hours

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INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1. Write your name, class and admission number in the spaces provided
2. All working MUST be clearly shown in the spaces provided in this booklet
3. KNEC mathematical tables and non-programmable silent electronic
calculators may be used.
4. This paper consists of 9 pages
5. Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that ALL pages are
printed and that no questions are missing.

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 1. The Figure 1 below is an arrangement of two set squares and a meter rule
being used to determine the external diameter of a cylinder.

Cylinder

8 9 10

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(a) State the accuracy of the meter rule. (1mk)
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(b) Determine the radius of the cylinder (2mks)
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2. The figure 2 below shows a Perspex container with a base of sides 5 by 6 cm
carrying water to a height of 3cm.

3cm

6cm
5cm
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When a pebble is immersed into the water, the level rises to 10 cm.
Determine the volume of the pebble. (3mks)
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3. The initial level of water in a burette was 32cm3. Some 20 drops of water
each of volume 0.4cm3 are added. Find its final reading. (3mks)

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4. 1600 cm3 of fresh water of density 1 g/cm3 are mixed with 1400cm3 of
seawater of density 1.25g/cm3. Determine the density of the mixture.
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5. Define density and give its SI unit. (1mk)
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6. The mass of a density bottle of volume 50𝑐𝑚3 is 10.0g when empty.
Aluminum turnings are poured into the bottle and the total mass is 60.0g. Water is
then added into the turnings till the bottle is full. If the total mass of the bottle and
its contents is 90.0g, calculate the density of the aluminium turnings.
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7. In an experiment to estimate the height of a tree using its shadow, a ruler of

height 100cm is placed next to the tree as shown below. If the ruler and the tree
forms shadows of 150cm and 750cm respectively.

Tree
Ruler
h
Ruler Shadow Tree
Shadow
100
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150cm 750cm
Calculate the height h of the tree. (3mks)
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8.a) Name two effects force. (2mks)
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b)Name the type of force that: (3mks)
(i) Attracts bodies toward the centre of the earth.
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(ii) Opposes motion between two surfaces in contact.
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(iii) Makes an object appear lighter when being lifted out of water.
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9. a) Define surface tension. (1mk)

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b) A steel needle placed on water is found to float even though steel is
denser than water. But when the water is heated the needle sinks. Explain why
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c)The diagram below shows a wire loop with two threads tied across it. The loop is
dipped into a soap solution such that the soap film covers it as shown.
A
B
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Regionr B is punctured such that the soap film in that section is broken. On the
spaceeS alongside the diagram sketch the resulting shape of the wire loop. Give
a reason
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d)Figure 5 shows
A a funnel dipped into a liquid soap solution.
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B Soap film
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State and explain what happens to the soap bubble when the funnel is removed.
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e)The Figure 6 below shows a toy boat. A piece of soap is attached to end A and
then the toy is placed on a surface of clean water.
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Explain the observation that would be made immediately. (2mks)

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10. A student placed his finger on a water as shown in the diagram below
Finger

Trough

Water

Name the force that lifts the water to the finger (1mk)
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11. Name two types of forces which can act between objects without contact.
(2mks)
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12. The diagram below shows drop of liquids X and Y carefully put on a clean flat
glass slab Y
X Glass slab

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13. The figures 9 (i) and (ii) below shows two capillary tubes dipped in water and
mercury respectively

Tube Tube

Water
Mercury

(i) (ii)

i) Indicate on the diagrams above the likely levels of water and mercury in
the respective tubes. (2mks)
ii) Explain your answer in (i) above. (2mks)
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14. State three differences between mass and weight. (3mks)

MASS WEIGHT

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15. A student was heard saying “the mass of a ball on the moon is one sixth its mass
on earth”. Give a reason why this statement is wrong. (1mk)
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16. A body weighs 600N on the surface of the earth where g = 10N/Kg and 150N
on the surface of Venus. Calculate the value force of gravity on Venus.
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17. Determine the resultant vector due to the forces below (2mks)

6N 4N
(i)

5N
9N
(ii) 2N

18. a) Define pressure and state its SI units (1mk)

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(i) Ploughing tractors have very wide tyres. Explain. (2mks)

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b)A block measuring 20cm by 10cm by 4cm rests on a flat surface. The block
has a weight of 6N. Determine:
i) The minimum pressure it exerts on the surface. (2mks)
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ii) The density of the block in kg/m3 (3mks)
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19. Water dams are built with thicker walls at the bottom than at the top. Explain
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