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F1 Physics Question Paper

F1 Physics

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2011

TAKABA BOYS’ SECONDARY SCHOOL
P.O. BOX 66, TAKABA
End year examinations
F1 PHYSICS: 2011

NAME:……………………………………………………….…………..AD NO:………….….CLASS:………
Q1. a) Define temperature and state its SI units. (2mks)

b) Give an instrument that is used to measure temperature. (1mk)

c) State four characteristics of thermometric liquids. (4mks)

Q2.a) What is anomalous expansion of water. (1mk)

b) Explain one advantage of anomalous expansion of water. (2mks)

c) Give two disadvantages of the above behaviour. (3mks)

Q3.a) Define thermal expansion. (1mk)

b) The figure below shows a bimetallic strip which consist of a brass and an iron

Briefly explain how the strips behave on
i) heating and

ii) cooling. (4mks)

c) State two applications of thermal expansion and contraction in solid. (2mks)

Q4.a) State three uses of a thermostats. (3mks)

b) Explain briefly what happens to the mass, density and volume of a material when expansion occurs in it. (2mks)

Q5. Fill in the missing words (4mks)
Dull black surfaces are ………………………… radiators and ……………..emitters while shiny smooth surfaces are …………………………… radiators and ……………emitters
Q6. a) give two characteristics of images formed by pin-hole camera (2mks)

b) a pin-hole camera has a length of 6cm. A tree of height 10m forms an image of 10 cm on the screen of the camera. How far is the tree from the pin-hole camera? (3mks)

c) What happens to the image of the pin hole camera when the hole is enlarged? (2mks)

Q7. Study the diagram below and use it to calculate the pressure exerted by the nitrogen gas (3mks)

Q8. In the diagram below

a)what can you say about pressure at P and q? ……………………………… (1mk)

b) Calculate F2 (3mks)

Q9. A density bottle has a mass of 10 g when empty. Its mass is 30g when full of water and 35 g when full of sulphuric acid. What is the density of sulphuric acid? (3mks)

Q10. Using a sketch, describe how you can measure the diameter of a ball (4mks)

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