Physics Past Questions and Answers

(a)(i) State two advantages of alcohol over mercury as a thermometric liquid.<br/>(ii) When the bulb of a thermometer is placed in a beaker of hot water, the level of the mercury first falls and then rises gradually. Explain this observation.<br/>(b) List two factors, other than temperature, that affect the rate of evaporation of a liquid.<br/>(b) A block of lead of mass 100 kg in a crucible and at a temperature of 40 °C was placed in an electric furnace rated 10 kW. If the melting point of lead is 320 °C, calculate the:<br/>(i) quantity of heat required to heat the lead to its melting point;<br/>(ii) additional heat energy required to melt the lead;<br/>(iii) time taken to supply this additional energy. (Specific heat capacity of lead = 120 Jkg\(^{-1}\) K\(^{-1}\) (Specific Idtent heat of fusion lead = 2.5 x 10\(^{4} JK^{-1}\))<br/>(d) State two precautions necessary in an experiment to determine the specific latent heat of vaporization of water.

(a)(i) What is an eclipse?<br/>(ii) List the three types of eclipse.<br/> <br/>(b) A student in a lecture theatre can read from the board clearly but requires a pair of spectacles to read from a book.<br/>(i) What eye defect has this student?<br/>(ii) What type of lens is needed to correct the eye defect?<br/>(iii) The focal length of the lens used to correct this defect is 10cm. Calculate the power of the lens.<br/> <br/>(c) A car B moves towards a stationary car A. If B produces an ultrasonic sound at a point and it takes 5.6 x 10\(^{-3}\)s for a beep to be heard in B, calculate the distance between the two cars at that instant. (Speed. sound in air = 340 ms\(^-\))<br/>(d) The image of an object is located 9 cm behind a convex mirror. If magnification produced is 0.6, calculate the focal length of the mirror.

<br/>(a) Explain mutual induction<br/>(b) State four use of electromagnets<br/> <br/><br/> The diagram above illustrates two coils X an arranged so that their axes are collinear. X is connected to an a.c. supply and has an amme in series with it while Y is connected to a lamp Explain the following observations. The (i) lamp is lit when the a.c. supply is switched on;<br/>(ii) brightness of the light from the lamp increases when distance between X. and Y is decreased;<br/>(iii) filament of the lamp glows brighter whet bundle of insulatttriron wires is placed along ccmmon axis of the coils.<br/>(d) Two cells, one have an emf of 2.0 V and an internal resistance of 0.4 and the other having an emf of 2.0 V and an internal resistance of 0.1 \(\Omega\), are connected in parallel. The combination is then connected in series with a resistor.<br/>(i) Draw a circuit diagram of the arrangement.<br/>(ii) Calculate the current through 5\(\Omega\) resistor.<br/>

(a) Explain the terms:<br/>(i) transmutation as it relates to radioactivity; (ii) stopping potential.<br/>(b) \(^{23}_{11}A + ^2_1B\) –> \(^p_qC\) + proton<br/>\(^p_qC\) –> \(^r_sE\) + beta<br/><br/>A nucleus C, formed artificially from A and B radioactive and quickly decays to another nucli E as indicated in the nuclear equations abc Datermine the values of p, q, r and s.<br/>(c) A certain metal of work function 1.6 eV is irradiated with ultra-violet light of wavelength 3.6 x 10\(^{-7}\) Calculate the maximum<br/>(i) kinetic energy of ejected electron in joules;<br/>(ii) speed of an emitted electron. (1eV = 1.6 x 10\(^{-18}\) J; C = 3.0 x 10\(^{8}\) ms\(^{-1}\); m, = 9.1 x 10\(^{-31}\) kg; h = 6.6 x 10\(^{-34}\) Js)<br/>(d) If source of the ultra-violet light in (c) above is mo away from the surface of the metal, state the of on the maximum speed of the ejected electron

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