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    Physics F3 C1T1-2023

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    This document contains a physics exam for Form Three students at St. Philips Wera Mixed Secondary School. The exam has 14 multiple choice and short answer questions testing concepts in magnetism, mechanics, and molecular physics. Students are instructed to write their name, admission number, and answer the questions in the spaces provided over the course of 5 pages. Key concepts assessed include the differences between soft and hard magnetic materials, principles of moments, causes of hydraulic brake failure, advantages of wide vehicle tires, demagnetizing magnets through heating, assumptions in molecular size calculations, center of gravity, magnetic field patterns, factors in uniform cylindrical container manufacturing, balancing weights on a pivoted meter rule, spring constant calculations, mirror image characteristics, molecular

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    This document contains a physics exam for Form Three students at St. Philips Wera Mixed Secondary School. The exam has 14 multiple choice and short answer questions testing concepts in magnetism, mechanics, and molecular physics. Students are instructed to write their name, admission number, and answer the questions in the spaces provided over the course of 5 pages. Key concepts assessed include the differences between soft and hard magnetic materials, principles of moments, causes of hydraulic brake failure, advantages of wide vehicle tires, demagnetizing magnets through heating, assumptions in molecular size calculations, center of gravity, magnetic field patterns, factors in uniform cylindrical container manufacturing, balancing weights on a pivoted meter rule, spring constant calculations, mirror image characteristics, molecular

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    This document contains a physics exam for Form Three students at St. Philips Wera Mixed Secondary School. The exam has 14 multiple choice and short answer questions testing concepts in magnetism, mechanics, and molecular physics. Students are instructed to write their name, admission number, and answer the questions in the spaces provided over the course of 5 pages. Key concepts assessed include the differences between soft and hard magnetic materials, principles of moments, causes of hydraulic brake failure, advantages of wide vehicle tires, demagnetizing magnets through heating, assumptions in molecular size calculations, center of gravity, magnetic field patterns, factors in uniform cylindrical container manufacturing, balancing weights on a pivoted meter rule, spring constant calculations, mirror image characteristics, molecular

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    Physics F3 C1T1-2023

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    This document contains a physics exam for Form Three students at St. Philips Wera Mixed Secondary School. The exam has 14 multiple choice and short answer questions testing concepts in magnetism, mechanics, and molecular physics. Students are instructed to write their name, admission number, and answer the questions in the spaces provided over the course of 5 pages. Key concepts assessed include the differences between soft and hard magnetic materials, principles of moments, causes of hydraulic brake failure, advantages of wide vehicle tires, demagnetizing magnets through heating, assumptions in molecular size calculations, center of gravity, magnetic field patterns, factors in uniform cylindrical container manufacturing, balancing weights on a pivoted meter rule, spring constant calculations, mirror image characteristics, molecular

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    NAME: _______________________________________________________ ADM.

    NO: _________

    ST. PHILIPS WERA MIXED SECONDARY SCHOOL

    PHYSICS FORM THREE

    CAT 1 TERM ONE 2023

    TIME: 1HOUR.

    - Write your name and admission letter in the spaces above.


    - Answer all the questions in this paper in the spaces proved.
    -
    1. Distinguish between soft and hard magnetic materials. (1mark)

    _______________________________________________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________________________________________

    2. State the principle of moments. (1mark)

    _______________________________________________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________________________________________

    3. Explain why brakes fail in hydraulic braking system when air gets into the system. (2marks)

    _______________________________________________________________________________________
    ___________________________________________________________________________________

    4. State one advantage of fitting wide tyres on a vehicle that moves on earth roads. (1mark)

    _______________________________________________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________________________________________

    5. Explain how hotwiring demagnetize a magnet. (2marks)

    _______________________________________________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________________________________________

    6. State the assumption made when calculating the size of a molecule in the thin oil film experiment. (1mark)

    _______________________________________________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________________________________________

    7. What is meant by the term centre of gravity of a body? (1mark)

    _______________________________________________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________________________________________

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    8. The figure below shows the poles of two magnets close together.

    Sketch the magnetic field pattern in the space between the poles. (1mark)

    9. State two factors that should be controlled in manufacturing a cylindrical container of uniform
    thickness, which should normally be in a standing position? (2marks)

    _______________________________________________________________________________________
    ___________________________________________________________________________________

    10. The figure below shows a uniform meter rule pivoted at 30cm mark. It is balanced by weight of 2N
    suspended at the 5cm mark.

    Determine the weight of the meter rule. (3marks)

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    11. Three identical springs of spring constant 100Nm-1 are arranged as shown below to support a 5N
    Load.

    Determine the total extension in the arrangement. (3marks)

    12. A lady holds a large concave of local length 1m 80cm from her face, state two characteristics of her
    image in the mirror. (2marks)

    _______________________________________________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________________________________________

    13. The number of molecules is 18cm3 of a liquid is 6x1023. Assuming that the diameter of the molecules
    is equivalent to the side of a cube having the same volume as the molecule. Determine the diameter
    of the molecule. (3marks)

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    14. (a) In an experiment to estimate the diameter of an oil molecule, an oil drop of diameter 0.05cm
    spreads over a circular patch whose diameter is 20cm.

    Determine:

    (i) The volume of the oil drop. (2marks)

    (ii) The area of the patch covered by the soil. (2marks)

    (iii) The diameter of the oil molecule. (3marks)

    SUCCESS!
    END.

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