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PHYSICS
THEORY
JULY I AUGUST 2016
T�ME: 2 HOURS

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PHYSICS
PAPER 1
TIME: 2 HOURS

!NSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
(a) ite your Name, Admission Number and School in the spaces provided.
(b) Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided above.
('c) ihis paper consists two sections A and B.

(e) Al working MUST be cleay shown.

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(d) Answer al questions in Section A and B in the spaces poided.

() Mathematical tables ·and elec�onic calculators may be used.

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QUESTION MAX.SCORE CANDIDATE'S SCORE

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 Answer ALL questions in the spac �s ,Qroviq�d

1. Give a reason why shirts must be tucked up and long hair tied while in the laborato y. (1mk)
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2. A ream of 250 papers has a mass of 1.25kg. Find the mass of a single sheet in:.' (�mks)
(a) Kg.

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(b) g

3. A drug manufacturer gives the mass of the active ingredient in a tablet as 5mg. Express this
quantity in kilogram and in standard form. (2mks)

4. Convert t,e following volumes in m 3 . (2mks)

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(a) 14000000cm

{b) · 20ml

5. (a) Define density and sate its Sl untts. (2mks)

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 (b) The mass of one sheet. (2mk_s)

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(c) The volume of one sheet. (2mks)

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(d) The density of.one sheet. (2mks)

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·ca) State the actual length in cm of the piece of wood shown in the figure above. (2mks)

(b) What term is give to type-of error obtained from the .�II� if one was viewing the reading from
point P? (1 nk)

9. (a) Explain giving wo relevant examples, how Physss applied fn other subjects. (4mks)
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 (b) Find the volume of the prism below. (3mks)

6.0cm

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(c) If the mass of the prism is 900g, caiculate the density of the prism in kg/m 3.• (3mks)
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6. 17.96g of common salt is added to 1000cm3 of fresh water of density 1.0g/cm3 . Ater all the salt has
dissolved, the volume of the solution is found to be 998cm3 • Calculate the density of the solution.
(4mks)

A ream of foolscaps contain 5�9 _papers and has a mass of 2kg. The size is 300mm by 200mm by
50mm. Find:-
(a) The thickness of one sheet of paper . (2mks)

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 (b) Name any four careers that require physics as a main subject. (2mks)
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·10.-A brick 20cm long, 10cm wide and 5cm thick has a mass of 500g. Determine.the:­
(a) _Greatest pressure that can be exeted by the brick on a flat suface. (3mks)

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(b) Least pressure that can be exerted by the brick on a flat suface. (3mks)

(c) Define Atmospheric Pressure. (1mk)

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(d) A girl in a school situated in the coast region (sea level) plans to make a barometer using sea
water o. density 1030kgm·3• If the atmospheric pre.sure is 103000Nm·2, what is the minimum
length of the tube that she will require?. (3mks)

11. (a) Define difusion. (2iks)

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(b) In the figure below, Ammonia gas and an acid gas diffuse and re.ct to form a white deposit on
the walls of the glass tube. The deposi.t rorms nearer end 8.
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(i) Which gas difused faster? (1mk)

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(ii) How does the rate of diffusion depend on the size and mass of a gas? (2mks)

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(c) If the experiment was performed at a higher tempeature, would you expect it to take longer or
shorter time to form the white deposits? Explain. (3mks)
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