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SSS ONE Physics
Physics for Biological Sciences (Obafemi Awolowo University)
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SECOND TERM EXAMINATION FOR 2023/2024 ACADEMIC SESSION
SUBJECT: PHYSICS CLASS: SSS ONE
OBJECTIVES
1. The following are untrue about heat
except? 5. Calculate the Celsius equivalent of
185°F
A. it is a form of energy
B. it damages thermometer A. 85⁰C
C. it can be created B. 69⁰C
D. it is the measure of the degree of C. 70⁰C
hotness of a body D. 185⁰C
E. None of the above E. None of the above
2. The following are effects of heat except? 6. Convert 67°C to kelvin scale.
A. it can cause chemical change A. 373K
B. it can cause expansion B. 340K
C. it can cause empirical interference C. 273K
D. it can cause change in physical D. 400K
properties E. 500K
E. None of the above
7. Deduce the value in Fahrenheit if the
3. Temperature can be measured in any of reading in a thermometer is 167°C
the following units except ___.
A. 300.6
A. joules B. 306.0
B. Fahrenheit C. 332.6
C. Celsius D. 336.2
D. kelvin E. 370.2
E. None of the above
8. The following are effects of expansion
4. Which of the following statement(s) is except?.
(are) true of heat?
I. Heat flow from higher temperature
A. cracking of bridges
to lower temperature.
B. bulging of railway lines
II. Heat can be calculated.
C. thickening of heated metal rod
III. Heat can be gotten from the sun
D. sagging of telegraph wires
A. I only
E. None of the ab
B. II & III only
C. I, II and III only
9. The cracking of a thick glass cup is due
D. II only
to which of the following phenomenon?
E. None of the above
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A. particle nature of matter B. 5.8 ⨯ 10−6 K−1
B. anomalous expansion of glasses C. 8.5 ⨯ 10− 4 K −1
C. expansion of solids D. 8.5 ⨯ 10−6 K−1
D. loss of heat E. 10
E. None of the above
14. Find the increase in length that would be
10. Given that the linear expansivity of a recorded by a student who is to subject a
metal is 10−6 K −1 , Calculate the area rod of linear expansivity 10−4 K −1, 10m
expansivity of the same material length to a temperature rise of 71°C.
A. 0.00000 K−1 A. 0.071
B. 0.00002 K−1 B. 0.701
C. 0.00003 K−1 C. 0.107
D. 0.00004 K −1 D. 0.017
E. 0.00005 K−1 E. 0.007
11. The cubic expansivity of a metal was 15. Convert -34°F to kelvin.
calculated to be 3 ⨯10−5 K−1. What is
the ideal linear expansivity of this metal? A. 224.3K
B. 363.6K
A. 0.00005 K−1 C. 216.3K
B. 0.00001 K−1 D. 404.6K
E. 500.8K
C. 1.00005 K−1
D. 3.00001 K −1
16. Which of the following surfaces will
E. 4.00005 K −1 absorb radiant heat energy best?
12. The length of a railway track measured A. White
in the morning is 134m. Calculate the B. Red
linear expansivity of the metal if the new C. Black
length measured in the afternoon is D. Yellow
134.17m. Temperature in the morning is
26°C while that of the afternoon is 33°C 17. The linear expansivity of a metal P is
twice that of another metal Q. When
A. 101.2⨯10−4 K−1. these materials are heated to the same
B. 1.012⨯ 10−4 K−1 temperature change, their increase in
C. 210.1 ⨯10−4 K −1 length is the same. Calculate the ratio of
D. 2.101 ⨯10−4 K −1 the original length of P and Q
E. 2101 ⨯10−4 K −1
A. 1:4
13. An aluminum wire measures 20m at B. 1:2.
30°c. When heated to 50°c, it increases C. 2:1
to 20.0034m. What is the linear D. 4:1
expansivity of the material?
18. When water is heated between 0°C and
A. 5.8 ⨯10 K−4 −1 4°C, its density.
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A. increases for a while and then I. begin and end on equal and
decreases opposite electric charges
B. decreases for a while and then II. Are in state of tension which
increases cause them to be shorten
C. increases III. Attract one another. Which of
D. decreases the following statement(s) is/are
correct??
19. The silvered walls of a vacuum flask
minimize loss of heat due to? A. I only
B. II only
A. conduction and convection C. III only
B. conduction only D. I and II only
C. evaporation
D. radiation 24. Water in a pressure cooker boils at a
temperature higher than 100°C. This is
20. The heat from a fire in a closed room because?
reaches someone far away in the room
mainly by? A. heat supplied is increased
B. rate of heating reduced
A. reflection C. cooker maintains a higher
B. diffusion pressure
C. conduction D. cooker is used at high altitude
D. radiation E. None of the above
21. When heat is applied to one end of a 25. The following are ways of charging an
metal rod, molecules at the other end object except by
begin to vibrate with greater amplitude
than before because heat has been A. friction
transferred by B. contact
C. induction
A. radiation D. magnetization
B. convection
C. conduction 26. The work done by a cell in moving one
D. evaporation coulomb of charge round a circuit is
called
22. Which of the following cannot be
explained by molecular theory of A. voltage
matter? B. potential difference
C. electromotive force
A. expansion D. current
B. conduction
C. convection 27. A room is heated by means of a charcoal
D. evaporation fire. A man is standing away from the
fire is warmed by
23. Lines of force
A. conduction
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B. reflection 29. A thermocouple is a device which is
C. radiation used to generate current via
D. convection
A. chemical energy
28. The phenomenon whereby the water B. heat energy
droplets in the atmosphere combine with C. solar energy
dust particles in the air reduce visibility D. mechanical energy
is
30. The measure of the wetness of the
A. hail atmosphere is called
B. cloud
C. fog A. dew point
D. mist B. boiling point
C. condensation point
D. humidity
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SECOND TERM EXAMINATION FOR 2023/2024 ACADEMIC SESSION
SUBJECT: PHYSICS CLASS: SSS ONE
THEORY
Instruction: Answer any THREE questions from this section
1a. What is linear expansivity?
1b. The diameter of a brass ring at 30 °C is 50.0 cm. To what temperature must this ring be
heated to increase its diameter to 50.29 cm? [linear expansivity of brass = 1.9 x 10−5 K −1 ]
1c. Find the potential energy of a boy of mass 10kg standing on a building floor 10 meters above
the ground.
2a. Differentiate bewteeen fundamental and derived quantities giving 3 examples each..
2b. List and explain two ways of charging an object.
2c. Highlight 4 properties of field lines (line of force).
3a. A metal of length 15.01m is heated until its temperature rises by 60⁰C. If its new length is
15.05m, calculate its Area expansivity.
3b. Enumerate three effects of expansion
3c. What is a Field?
4a. Define evaporation and boiling. How do they differ?
4b. What is convection?
4c. What are insulators, explain Explain how insulation materials are used to minimize heat
transfer.
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5a. Explain how a gold leaf electroscope is used to detect the presence of electric charges.
5b. Discuss the types of fields, including gravitational and magnetic fields
5c. Describe the properties of a magnetic field and its applications.
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