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Form 2 Physics Question Paper

Form 2 Physics

Course:Physics

Exam Year:2012

ST BERNARD SECONDARY SCHOOL
PHYSICS
END OF TERM 1 EXAM
FORM II
Answer all questions in this section
1. What is the reading on the meter ruler as indicated by the arrow (2mks)

0 1 2 3 4

2. What device can you use to estimate the thickness of a razor blade (2 mks)

3. Calculate the area of the area of the shape below

4. Express the following in m3
a) 8060 cm3 (2 mks)
b) 0.5 cm3 (2mks)

5. a) A block of glass of mass 187.5 g is 5.0 cm long,2.0 cm thick and 7.5 high. Calculate the density of the glass in kgm-3 (4 mks)
b) Define mass and state its SI unit (3 mks)
c) Convert 0.000343 tonne into kg (2 mks)

6. a) What is a force ( 2 mks)
b) List any three types of forces (3 mks)

7. Give two differences between mass and weight ( 4 mks)

8. A man of mass 84 kg stands upright on a floor. If the area of the contact is his shoes and floor is 420
cm2 . Determine the average pressure he erects on the floor. (5 mks)

9. Why are water storage tanks in houses erected as high as possible.
10. Give two methods of magnetizing a steel rod (2 mks)

11 . Why is soft iron not used to make permanent magnets? (3 mks)

12. Write down the veneer calipers reading in the diagram

a) Cm 0 1 2
0 5 10

b ) Cm 0 1 2
0 5 10
13. a) Draw a well labeled diagram of a micrometer screw-gauge (5 mks)
b) What is the reading of the micrometer screw- gauge? (4 mks)

a) Cm 0 10 45
40

14. Find the area of a rectangle that measure 4.267 cm by 2.778 cm and write your answer correct to 3 significant figures (4 mks)

15. a) Name any 3 types of magnet materials (3 mks)
b) Give any two applications of magnet (2 mks)

16. Correct 2.4865769 to 3 decimal places ( 2 mks)

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