ZERAKI ACHIEVERS 12.

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Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE)
PHYSICS PAPER 3
MARKING SCHEME
FORM 4
TERM 1 2024
QUESTION 1

You are provided with the following apparatus:

• One dry cell
• A cell holder
• A volt-meter (0-3V)
• An ammeter (0-1A)
• A switch
• Amounted resistance wire labelled AB

a) Set up the apparatus as shown in the circuit below, figure 1

Figure 1

b) While the switch is open, record the voltmeter reading, V0

𝑉0 = 1.5 V (1 mark)

c) Put on the switch. While the crocodile clip is at A (i.e. L = 100 cm) take the volt-meter reading
(V) and the ammeter reading (I). Record V and I in the table 1 below.

Table 1

Length, 𝑳 (cm) 100 80 60 40 20

Voltage (V) 1.5 1.45 1.45 1.40 1.30

Current, I (A) 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.10 0.12

Resistance, R (Ω) 37.5 24.17 18.13 14.00 10.83

𝟏 0.02667 0.04137 0.05516 0.07143 0.09234

(Ω-1)
𝑹

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d) Repeat the procedure in (c) above for the lengths shown and complete the table 1 above.

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e) Plot a graph of current (Y-axis) against 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 (X-axis) (5 marks)

f) Determine the slopes, S of the graph (3 marks)

∆𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 (𝟏𝟎.𝟖−𝟔)×𝟏𝟎−𝟐
𝑺= −𝟏
= (𝟕𝟒−𝟒𝟎)×𝟏𝟎−𝟑
∆(𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆)

= 𝟏. 𝟒𝟏𝟐𝑽
𝒛
g) The resistance and current are related by the equation: 𝑹 = 𝑰. Determine the value of z
(2 marks)
Z = gradient ;

= 1.412V ;

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 h) State the physical quantity that the slope of the graph represent (1 mark)

Voltage or potential difference ;

QUESTION TWO

PART A
You are provided with the following:
- A candle
- A lens and a lens holder
- A screen
- A metre-rule
- Some plasticine

a) Set up the apparatus as shown in figure 2 below (ensure that the candle flame and the lens are
approximately the same height above the bench)

Figure 2

b) Set the position of the lens so that it is 40cm from the candle (U = 40 cm). Adjust the position
of the screen until a sharp image of the candle flame is obtained. Measure the distance, V
between the lens and the screen. Record the value of V

V = 13.3 cm (1mark)

c) Repeat the procedures in b) above for other values of U in the table b below. (6 marks)

Table 2

U(cm) 45 50 55 60

V(cm) 12.7 12.5 12.2 11.9

𝒗
Magnification (m) = 𝒖 0.2822 0.2500 0.2218 0.1983
𝒗
P= 9.905 10 9.985 9.931
(𝒎+𝟏)

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d) Determine, z the average values of (𝑚+1) (2 marks)

𝟗.𝟗𝟎𝟓+𝟏𝟎+𝟗.𝟗𝟖𝟓+𝟗.𝟗𝟑𝟏
𝒛= = 𝟗. 𝟗𝟓𝟓
𝟒

Part B

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:
e) 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 25 0 (figure
below). Fix the paper on the soft-board with the drawing pins.

f) 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) (3 marks)

g) 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
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 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.
h) 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.

i) Repeat the experiment for the other values of 𝑖 and entre your results in the table 2 below.
Complete the table. (6 marks)

Table 3:

i ( 0) r ( 0) Sin i Sin r 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒊

𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒓

25 23 0.4226 0.3907 1.082

30 28 0.5000 0.4694 1.065

35 29 0.5735 0.4848 1.183

40 30 0.6427 0.5000 1.285

45 34 0.7071 0.5592 1.264

sin 𝑖
j) Determine, k the average value of: (2 marks)
sin 𝑟

1.082+1.065+1.183+1.285+1.264
𝑘= ; = 1.1758;
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