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Physics Form 1 Question Paper

Physics Form 1

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2011

PARKLANDS BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL

ENTRY EXAM- MAY 2011

PHYSICS FORM 1

Answer all the questions

1. Distinguish between a fundamental and derived quantity giving one example of each (4mks)

2. Define the following terms and give their SI units. (4mks)

a. Length
b. Area

3. State three things that you need to do in order to make accurate readings from a metre rule (3mks)

4. List any three important ways in which science and technology has influenced the way the following people earn their living.

a. Doctor (3mks)
b. Farmer (3mks)

5. Name the instrument we use in the laboratory to measure mass (1mk)

6. What instrument would you use to take the following measurements? (4mks)

a. Length of a football field
b. The time taken to run 100m
c. The width of your desk
d. The mass of some water in a beaker

7. A thread is wound round a test tube twelve times, marking the beginning and the end with a pen. The distance between these two points is 132 cm. Calculate the radius of this test tube in cm (4mks)

8. A page of a book measures 14.5 cm x 21.4 cm. What is its area (2mks)

9. The length of a room is 16.4 m, its width 4.5 m and its height 3.3 m. What is the volume of air in the room? (2mks)

10. Describe how you would measure the density of an irregularly shaped solid in the laboratory (3mks)

11. Express the following number in standard form (4mks)

a. 7,321,769

b. 0.0000001084

12. Convert the quantities shown below to the units given in brackets (8mks)

a. 0.8 mm (m)

b. 220 mg (kg)

c. 0.1 l (ml)

d. 0.6 km (mm)

11. State three career opportunities that require the study of Physics (3mks)

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