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 of 𝑖 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
= 𝟎.𝟐𝟑 = 𝟏. 𝟎𝟖𝟕;
sin 𝑖
h) Determine, k the average value of: sin 𝑟 (2 marks)
𝟐.𝟎𝟑𝟑+𝟏.𝟕𝟎𝟗+𝟏.𝟔𝟕𝟕+𝟏.𝟔𝟒𝟑+𝟏.𝟔𝟏𝟑
; = 𝟏. 𝟕𝟑𝟓 ;
𝟓

i) State the significance of the slope (1 mark)

Refractive index;

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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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 𝑣
d) Determine 𝐼𝑘 the average value of in table 2 above (1 mark)
𝐿

1.333+1.375+2.500+4.500+8.000 1
;2 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘
5

1
= 3.542𝑉𝑚−1 ;2 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘

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 = 𝟎.𝟎𝟖 = 𝟕. 𝟓Ω ;

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)

8 𝑑2
h) Calculate the quantity, Q such that: 𝑄 = . 𝑘. ( ) (2 marks)
10 𝐿
𝟖 (𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟑𝟐𝟐 )
𝑸 = 𝟏𝟎 × 𝟕. 𝟓 × ; = 𝟔. 𝟏𝟒𝟒 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟕 Ω𝒎 ;
𝟏

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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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