ZERAKI ACHIEVERS’ EXAMINATIONS 13.
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Term 2 - 2024
Physics Paper 3
Marking Scheme
FORM Four (4)
Time: 2 Hours
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QUESTION ONE
You are provided with the following apparatus:
A soft-board,
an equilateral glass prism,
4 optical pins and 4 drawing pins,
plain white paper
Proceed as follows:
a) On a plain white paper draw a line XY and mark its midpoint Q. At Q draw a normal NQM at
right angles to XY. Draw a line PQ such that the angle of incidence, i, (PQN) is 250 (figure
below). Fix the paper on the soft-board with the drawing pins.
b) Place the triangular prism vertically with the triangular base down, on the paper such that the
midpoint of the edge CA of the prism coincides with the midpoint, Q, of the line XY, as
shown. Draw the outline CAB of the prism.
(The plain paper to be collected with the answer sheet) (2 marks)
1 mark for triangular outline;
1 mark for evidence of incident
and refracted rays
Figure 1
c) Stick two pins, O1 and O2 (object pins), on the line PQ vertically into the soft-board, about
5cm apart. View from the side AB of the prism and look for the images of the pins O1 and
O2, as shown in the figure. Keeping the eye along the plane of the paper, fix two pins S1 and
S2 (search pins), one after the other between your eye and the prism so that S1 and S2 and the
images of O1 and O2, seen through the prism, appear one behind the other in a straight line.
Mark the positions of the four pins and remove the pins, the prism and the paper.
d) Draw a line joining the points S1 and S2 to meet the line AB at R. Draw the line QR.
Measure the angle of refraction, r (MQR). Record the values of the angles i and r in the table
below.
e) Repeat the experiment for the other values ofi and entre your results in the table 2 below.
Complete the table. (7 marks)
i ( 0) r ( 0) Sin i Sin r sin i
sin r
25 12 0.4226 0.2079 2.033
30 17 0.5000 0.2924 1.709
35 20 0.5736 0.3420 1.677
40 23 0.6427 0.3907 1.643
45 26 0.7071 0.4384 1.613
f) Plot a graph of sin i against sin r (5 marks)
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g) Determine the slope of the graph (3 marks)
∆ sin i ( 0.65−0.40 ) ;
slope= =
∆ sin r (0.41−0.18);
0.25
¿ =1.087;
0.23
sin i
h) Determine, k the average value of: (2 marks)
sin r
2.033+1.709+1.677+1.643+1.613
;=1.735 ;
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i) State the significance of the slope (1 mark)
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Refractive index;
QUESTION TWO
PART A
You are provided with the following apparatus:
A volt-meter (0-5V)
An ammeter
Two dry cells and holder
Mounted wire
Connecting wires (at least 2 with crocodile clips)
Torch bulb in a holder
Micrometer screw-gauge
Proceed as follows:
a) Arrange the apparatus as shown below:
Figure 2
b) When L = 100 cm, record the voltmeter reading, V0.
V0 = 1.3 V ; (1 mark)
c) Take more readings from the voltmeter for values of L shown in the table 2. Complete the
table. (5 marks)
Table 1:
L (m) 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.1
p.d (V) 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8
V 1.333 1.375 2.500 4.500 8.000
(Vm-1)
L
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d) Determine I k the average value of in table 2 above (1 mark)
L
1.333+1.375+2.500+ 4.500+8.000 1
; mark
5 2
1
¿ 3.542 V m
−1
; mark
2
e) Now dismantle the apparatus and arrange them as shown in figure 4 below:
Figure 3
f) Record the ammeter reading, I0 and voltmeter reading, V1
i. I0 = 0.08A; V1 = 0.6 V; (2 marks)
V1
ii. Determine, k where: k = (1 mark)
I0
0.6
k= =7.5 Ω ;
0.08
iii. Explain the meaning of k above (1 mark)
Resistance of the mounted wire;
g) Using the micrometer screw gauge, measure the diameter, d of the mounted wire
d=¿ 0.00032 m ; (1 mark)
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2
8 d
h) Calculate the quantity, Q such that: Q= .k .( ) (2 marks)
10 L
2
8 (0.00032 ) −7
Q= × 7.5 × ; ¿ 6.144 × 10 Ωm ;
10 1
PART B
You are provided with the following apparatus:
400 ml plastic beaker labelled B
Source of boiling water
Thermometer (range: -100c – 1100c)
Stop-watch
100 ml of water in a beaker labelled A
Proceed as follows:
i) Measure the temperature, T0 of cold water in the beaker labelled A
T0 = 296; K (1 mark)
j) Transfer 200ml of boiling water into the beaker labelled B and wait for the temperature to
drop to 650c then switch on the stop watch. Take and record the temperature, T 0c of the water
after every two minutes. Record your results in table 3 below: (5 marks)
Table 2:
Time (minutes) 2 4 6 8 10
Temperature, T1 (0C) 62 59 57 55 53
Temperature, T2 (K) 335 332 330 328 326
(T2 - T0) K 39 36 34 32 30
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