ZERAKI ACHIEVERS 11.
0 (2023)
PHYSICS PAPER 3
232/3
(PHYSICS PRACTICAL)
TERM 3
FORM 3
September/October, 2023 Examinations
MARKING SCHEME
QUESTION ONE
Apparatus:
A 50 ml Burette (Candidate should ensure that the tip of the burette is NOT broken or cracked)
About 500ml water in a beaker
Stop watch
Vernier calipers (can be shared)
Stand, clamp and boss
An empty 200ml beaker
Funnel
Some tissue paper
Proceed as follows:
a) Using the Vernier calipers, measure the diameter, D of the burette at the tip. (see figure 1)
NB:
The tip of the burette is the point where liquid comes out of the burette. Care should be
taken not to squeeze the tube when measuring the diameter of the tip.
D = 0.30cm; 2dp a must (ranges: 0.28- 0.32) (1 mark)
𝜋𝐷 2
b) Determine the cross-section area, A of the tip of the burette, given the equation: 𝐴 = 4 .
(leave your answer in square centimeter) (2 marks)
𝟑.𝟏𝟒𝟐×𝟎.𝟑𝟎𝟐
𝑨= ; = 𝟎. 𝟎𝟕𝟎𝟕𝒄𝒎𝟐 ; correct substitution, correct answer with units
𝟒
Deny ½ for no units and deny fully (answer mark) for
wrong units
c) Now set-up the apparatus as shown below in figure 1: The tap should be completely opened (or
clip removed) and the tip sealed with a finger.
NB:
Liquid should freely move through the
burette without any barriers or obstacles
along its path.
Figure 1
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d) Pour water into the burette until the level rises up to the ‘0’ ml mark. Remove the seal (finger)
and simultaneously start the stop-watch. When the level of the water has fallen to the 50ml mark,
stop the timing. Record the time, to.
(The funnel maybe used while filling the burette to avoid spillage of water onto the table).
𝑡0 = 11.28 second; 2dp a must (range: 10 -13) (1 mark)
e) Now pour water into the burette (while the tip is sealed) till the level is at 5ml mark. Remove the
seal (finger) and simultaneously start the stop-watch. Record (in table 1) the time, t, taken by the
level of water to fall to the 50ml mark.
f) Repeat procedure, e (above) for the levels of water shown in table 1 below and complete the
table. (5 marks)
range ±𝟐 for t: @1 mark up to a maximum of 4 and 1 mark for all values of V correctly
evaluated. 2dp a must for values of t.
Table 1:
Level of water, (L) 5 10 15 20 25
Volume, V (cm3) 45 40 35 30 25
𝑽 = (𝟓𝟎 − 𝑳)
Time, t (seconds) 10.37 9.40 8.37 7.65 6.50
g) Plot a graph of volume, V against time, t (5 marks)
Axes- (labelled with units) 1 mark
Scale (simple, uniform accommodative) – 1mark
Plotting (within 1 small square) – 2 marks (1/2 mark for each point correctly plotted)
Line – (straight edge, positive gradient, passing through at least 3 correctly plotted points)
(1 mark)
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h)
i. Determine the slope, S of the graph (3 marks)
∆𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒎𝒆 𝟒𝟎−𝟐𝟓
Slope = = 𝟗.𝟒−𝟔.𝟔 ; ; = 𝟓. 𝟑𝟓𝟕𝒄𝒎𝒔−𝟏 ;
∆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆
Notes:
1 mark for change in volume
1 mark for corresponding change in time
1 mark for correct evaluation to 4 sf with units (deny ½ if unit is missing
and 1 mark for wrong units)
ii. State the significance of the slope, S (1 mark)
Volume flux; (reject volume)
i) Given that: 𝑆 = (𝐴𝑃 × 100 ). Determine the value of P (1 mark)
𝟓. 𝟑𝟓𝟕 = 𝟎. 𝟎𝟕𝟎𝟕𝑷 × 𝟏𝟎𝟎 ;½
𝟓.𝟐𝟖𝟑
Therefore, 𝑷 = 𝟎.𝟎𝟕𝟎𝟕 = 𝟕𝟒. 𝟕𝟐𝒄𝒎𝒔−𝟏 ; ½
j) State the significance of P , in part (i) above. (1 mark)
Velocity of water at the tip; (you may accept just velocity)
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QUESTION TWO
PART A
You are provided with the following:
Vernier calipers
Micrometer screw gauge
Masses; 10g, two 20g, 50g
A helical spring with pointer (7.5 cm long, diameter = approx. 1.2 cm)
Metre rule or half metre rule
Stand, clamp and boss
Proceed as follows:
a) Determine the number of complete turns of the helical spring.
N = 105; (range: 100 -110) (1mark)
b) Measure the external diameter of the spring using the Vernier calipers
D = 𝟏. 𝟐𝟎 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟐 m; (range: 1.18-1.22)× 𝟏𝟎−𝟐 (1 mark)
c) Use the micrometer screw gauge to determine the diameter of the wire of the spring.
d = 𝟔. 𝟎 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟒 m (𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒: ± 0.02) (1 mark)
0.4𝐷
Determine the value of m, given that: N = (2 marks)
𝑑𝑚
Correct substitution of: N, D and d
1mark
𝟎.𝟒×𝟏.𝟐𝟎×𝟏𝟎−𝟐 𝟔.𝟎×𝟏𝟎−𝟒 ×𝟏𝟎𝟓
𝟏𝟎𝟓 = therefore, 𝒎 = 𝟎.𝟒×𝟏.𝟐𝟎×𝟏𝟎−𝟐
𝟔.𝟎×𝟏𝟎−𝟒 𝒎 Correct evaluation to 4 S. F 1mark
𝒎 = 𝟏𝟑𝟏𝟐. 𝟓 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟐 = 𝟏𝟑. 𝟏𝟐𝟓 ; Ignore units
d) Suspend the helical spring vertically alongside the clamped half metre-rule as shown in figure 2
below, so that the pointer is at L0. (Where L0 = 15.0 cm mark).
Figure 2
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e) Load the spring with a mass of 20g and determine the new reading, L on the half metre rule.
Record this in the table 2, below.
Calculate the extension, e = (L – L0) due to the mass of 20g and record the value in the table 2,
below. Repeat step for other masses and complete the table 2. (5 marks)
Table 2
Mass (g) 20 30 40 50 60 70
Weight (N) 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7
Reading (L) (cm) 17.0 19.0 20.8 22.5 24.3 26.3
Extension, e (cm) 2.0 4.0 5.8 7.5 9.3 11.3
𝑊
𝑒 10 7.5 6.897 6.667 6.452 6.195
For all values of weight correctly evaluated – 1 mark
For each value of L, ½ mark up to a maximum of 2 marks
For all values of extension correctly evaluated – 1 mark
1
For all values of correctly evaluated – 1 mark ½ mark for principal of
𝑒 averaging
½ mark for correct
1 𝑊 evaluation to 4 SF with units
f) Determine A, the average value of (1 mark)
𝑒 𝑒
𝟏𝟎 + 𝟕. 𝟓 + 𝟔. 𝟖𝟗𝟕 + 𝟔. 𝟔𝟔𝟕 + 𝟔. 𝟒𝟓𝟐 + 𝟔. 𝟏𝟗𝟓
𝑨= = 𝟕. 𝟐𝟖𝟓 𝑵𝒎−𝟏
𝟔
PART B
You are provided with the following apparatus:
One dry cell (size D)
A cell holder
A voltmeter (0- 3V)
An ammeter (0- 1A)
Variable resistor (1.0A, 100Ω).
Switch
Connecting wires
Proceed as follows:
g) Connect the voltmeter across the cell and determine the voltage, E across it.
E = 1.5V ; range: (1.4 – 1.6), at least 1 dp (1 mark)
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h) Now set-up the apparatus as shown in figure 3 below:
Figure 3
i) Close the switch and adjust the variable resistor until the ammeter reads 0.02 A. Read and record
the voltmeter reading in table 3 below. Repeat for the other values of current shown in table 3
and complete the table 3. (5 marks)
Table 3: 1 mark for each correct voltage up to maximum of 4.
I (A) 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08
Voltage, V 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.2 1 d.p a must
𝑽 20 15 15 15
𝑹 = 𝑰 (Ω) ½ mark for all
correct to 4 sf
𝟏 50 25 16.67 12.50
(A-1) ½ mark for all
𝑰
correct to 4 sf
1
j) Determine, p and k the average values of: R and 𝐼 respectively (2 marks)
𝟐𝟎+𝟏𝟓+𝟏𝟓+𝟏𝟓
p= = 𝟏𝟔. 𝟐𝟓Ω ½ mark for principle of averaging
𝟒
½ mark for correct evaluation to 4 sf with
units
𝟓𝟎+𝟐𝟓+𝟏𝟔.𝟔𝟕+𝟏𝟐.𝟓𝟎 ½ mark for principle of averaging
k= = 𝟐𝟔. 𝟎𝟒𝑨−𝟏
𝟒
½ mark for correct evaluation to 4 sf with
units
𝑘
k) Calculate z, such that: 𝑧 = 𝑝 (1 mark)
½ mark for correct substitution
𝟐𝟔.𝟎𝟒
𝒁 = 𝟏𝟔.𝟐𝟓 = 𝟏. 𝟔𝟎𝟐 𝑽−𝟏 ½ mark for correct evaluation to 4 sf with
units
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