CANDIDATES’ NAME
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
KASENGA DAY SECONDARY SCHOOL
Grade 12
SCIENCE 5124/1
PAPER 1 JUNE/ JULY ASSESSMENT
Additional materials
Electronic calculator (non –programmable)
Graph papers
Soft clean eraser
Soft pencil (type B or HB is recommended)
Time: 2 hours
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1. Please attempt the stipulated number of questions from each section otherwise penalties apply.
SECTION A [22 MARKS]
Answer all questions on separate answer sheets
1. Which of the following does not produce a sound wave?
A Bell ringing under water B Explosion in outer space
C Hammer hitting a block of rubber D Gun fired in a room with no echoes
2. A learner holds a sheet of paper with letters on it facing a plain mirror. The letters on the paper are shown below.
What does the learner see in the mirror?
3. The human eye has a converging lens system that produces an image at the back of the eye. If the eye views a
distant object, which type of image is produced?
A Real, erect, same size B Real, inverted, diminished
C Virtual, erect, diminished D Virtual, inverted, diminished
4. The diagram below shows a girl standing 150m in front of a tall building. She fires a shot using a starting pistol. A
boy, standing 350m from the girl, hears two bangs 1 second apart.
From this information, what is the speed of sound in air?
A 300 m/s B 350 m/s C 500 m/s D 650 m/s
5. Which statement describes an example of induced magnetism?
A Two north poles repel each other, but a north pole attracts a south pole
B A bar magnet swinging freely comes to rest pointing north-south
C A bar magnet attracts a piece of soft iron
D A bar magnet losses its magnetism if it is repeatedly dropped
6. The diagram below shows different regions of the electromagnetic spectrum with some of the regions identified.
Which region contains waves that can be used to detect counterfeit notes?
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7. The following diagrams show a small compass close to a strong bar magnet. Which diagram shows the correct
compass direction?
8. Which of the following wave forms does not fully undergo diffraction?
A Water B Radio C Sound D Light
9. An electric lamp is placed at the focal point of a converging lens. It will produce a ............. beam of light?
A converging B parallel C diverging D perpendicular
10. The diagram below shows waveforms produced by a flute (Y) and turning fork (Z) played by two students.
How does the loudness and pitch of the sound from the turning fork Z compare to flute Y?
A The loudness of Y is lower but has the same pitch as compared to Z.
B Both Y and Z have the same pitch and loudness.
C The loudness of Y is higher and the pitch is lower as compared to Z.
D The loudness of Y is the same and the pitch is higher as compared to Z.
11. An object is placed 30cm from a convex lens of focal length 20cm. The position, magnification and nature of the
image are....
Position Magnification Nature of image
A 60cm 3 Real
B 45cm 2 Real
C 30cm 1.5 Virtual
D 15cm 0.75 Virtual
12. A student draws three rays of light from point P through a converging lens. Each point labelled F is a principal
focus of the lens.
Which of the rays is/are drawn correctly?
A Ray Y only. B Ray X and Y. C Ray Z only. D Ray X and Z.
13. The following diagram shows a steel bar being made into a magnet using double touch stroking method.
Which diagram shows the magnet made?
A B C D
14. A metal bar PQ hanging from a thin thread comes to rest with one same end always pointing in the same
direction. Another bar AB of the same material and size settles in no definite direction after disturbance.
What would happen when the two bars are brought close to each other?
A End P and end Q will attract end A. B End P attracts end A but repels end B.
C End Q repels both end A and end B. D End P neither attracts nor repels end A.
15. The diagram below represents a longitudinal wave travelling to the right.
The frequency of the wave given above is 24Hz. What is the speed of the wave?
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A 240m/s B 336m/s C 340m/s D 300 000 000m/s
16. A man is short-sighted. Which ray diagram shows what happens when he looks at a distant object?
A B C D
17. The diagram below shows a system of two gear wheels labelled A and B as shown. The number of teeth in A is
45 while in B is 15.
What is the velocity ratio of the system?
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A 45 B 15 C3 D
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18. A pupil breaks down a bar magnet into three equal parts without disturbing its position as shown below.
Which diagram shows the poles in X, Y and Z?
19. The length of mercury in the bore of a thermometer is 5.0 cm at 0℃ and 11.0 cm at 60℃. What is the length of
the mercury in the bore when the temperature is 45℃?
A 3.3 cm B 4.5 cm C 8.3 cm D 9.5 cm
20. The diagram shows light travelling through a medium. The light reaches the boundary with a vacuum as shown.
The light emerges travelling along the surface.
What is the refractive index of the medium?
sin 30 ° sin 60 ° sin 90 ° sin 90 °
A B C D
sin 90 ° sin 90 ° sin 30 ° sin 60 °
21. The diagram below shows a wave represented on a displacement-time graph. The speed of the wave is 30 m/s.
Which of the following information is correct about its amplitude and frequency?
amplitude frequency
A 2.0 cm 15 Hz
B 2.0 cm 75 Hz
C 4.0 cm 15 Hz
D 4.0 cm 75 Hz
22. The following diagram shows a piece of steel placed inside a solenoid.
If the switch, S, is closed and opened several times, the end A of the steel bar becomes............
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A temporal north pole B permanent north pole C permanent south pole D temporal south pole
SECTION B [52 MARKS]
Answer all questions from this section in the spaces provided in this question paper.
1. A student performs an experiment with a semicircular glass block and a ray of white light. Fig. 11.1 shows the path
taken by this ray of light as it enters the glass at P until it hits the straight edge at Q.
Fig. 11.1
The student finds that there is no change in direction as the ray enters the glass at P and that no light passes out of
the glass at Q. The glass block has a refractive index of 1.6.
(a) Explain what is meant by a refractive index of 1.6.
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(b) Calculate the critical angle of the glass block. [2]
(c) Explain why the light ray does not change direction at P.
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(d) If the angle θ is 60° , explain what will happen to the light ray at Q.
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(e) The student directs the ray of light into the glass along different paths by reducing the angle θ slowly.
Describe the changes to the path of light at Q.
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(f) Calculate the speed of light in the semicircular glass block. [2]
(g) Visible light is part of electromagnetic spectrum. If visible light has a frequency of 6.0 x 10 14 Hz in
vacuum, calculate its wavelength. [2]
(h) State two conditions necessary for total internal reflection to occur.
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(i) Give one application for total internal reflection.
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2. An ATM card of height 1.5cm is viewed through a lens. The lens is 2.0cm from the card. The image has a linear
magnification of 3.0. The card, the image of the card and the position of the lens are shown full scale in Figure
[TOTAL=15 MARKS]
3.1.
Figure 5.1
A ray of light from the top of the card to the lens is shown in Figure 5.1.
(a) State the type of lens used.
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(b) Explain what is meant by linear magnification.
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(c) (i) On Figure 5.1 complete the path of the ray from the top of the card after it passes through the lens. [1]
(ii) Use your drawing to determine the focal length of the lens.
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(iii) On Figure 5.1 draw two additional rays from the top of the card to show how the image is formed. [1]
3. (a) The kinetic theory explains the behaviour of matter in terms of physical properties of its atoms or molecules.
(i) Use diagrams to explain the difference in the arrangement of particles in liquids and in gases.
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(ii) Explain how evaporation causes cooling.
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(b) A fish in water releases a bubble of volume 2cm3 and pressure 150kPa. The bubble reaches the surface of the
water with pressure of 100kPa. The temperature of the water in the lake is constant.
(i) State Boyles law.
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(ii) Calculate the volume of the bubble as it reaches the water surface. [2]
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[TOTAL=12 MARKS]
4. The speed of sound depends on the nature of the medium in which the sound travels.
(a) Explain why sound generally moves faster in liquids than in gases.
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(b) The figure below shows two observers A and B stationed 5km apart. Each observer has a gun and a
stopwatch.
When A fires the gun, B hears the sound from A’s gun 15.5s after seeing the flash. After a few minutes,
B also fires the gun and A hears the sound from B’s gun 14.5s after seeing the flash.
(i) Using data from the experiment described, determine the speed of sound in air. [2]
(ii) State one possible source of error in the experiment which could have led to the two observers
recording different times for the same distance.
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(iii) What is the advantage of observers A and B exchanging roles of firing and observing?
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(c) In air, the speed of sound increases at a rate of 0.6m/s for every 1℃ increase in temperature. Given that
the speed of sound in air is 331m/s at 0℃, what is its speed at 25℃?
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5. (a) State the laws of reflection.
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(b) Explain the difference between regular reflection and diffuse reflection.
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(c) The figure below shows an object being viewed through a plane mirror.
(i) Complete the drawing to locate the image. Draw the rays and the image. [3]
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(ii) State three properties of the image formed by a plane mirror.
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[TOTAL=16 MARKS]
6. Figure 4.1 shows a magnet, two compasses and two nails.
Figure 4.1
(a) On figure 4.1, draw an arrow in each compass to show the direction of the magnetic field of the
magnet at the two positions. [2]
(b) The magnet causes the nails to become magnetized by induction. Both ends of each nail become
magnetic poles.
(i) On figure 4.1, mark N and S at both ends of each nail to show the magnetic poles. [2]
(ii) Explain what is meant by the phrase ‘magnetized by induction’.
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(c) When the magnet is removed, the nails are still magnetized.
(i) Describe how to test whether the nails are still magnetized when they are away from the magnet.
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(ii) Describe with the aid of a diagram how the nails can be demagnetized. [2]
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7. Figure B5.1 below is a diagram showing a wave travelling along a spring in the direction shown.
(a) In what way is this wave the same as a sound wave?
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(b) What are regions U and W called?
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(c) Explain why sound waves travel faster in liquids than in gases.
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8.
(a) What type of energy is in an infra-red wave?
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(b) Give the range of frequencies audible to the normal human ear.
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(c) Define an echo.
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(d) A plane sends an ultrasonic sound down to the ground and receives the echo after 4.8s. how high is the plane
above the ground? (Take velocity of sound in air = 340m/s). [2]
SECTION C [20 MARKS] [Total = 10 MARKS
There is only one question in this section which is compulsory. marks]
1. Figure 9.1 shows a spaceship that approaches a planet and comes to a stop 20m above the surface of the planet. An
object of mass 20kg at rest is dropped from the spaceship and takes 5s to reach the ground on the planet.
There is no atmosphere on the planet.
(a) Calculate the
(i) acceleration due to gravity on the planet, [2]
(ii) loss in gravitational potential energy of the object, [2]
(iii) velocity with which the object strikes the ground on the planet. [2]
(b) a coiled spring is mounted vertically on a fixed support on the planet. The spring is extended
by 4cm when a load of 16N is attached to lower end.
(i) Calculate the spring constant of the spring. [2]
(ii) If the same spring and load is mounted on earth, will the extension of the spring increase,
decrease or remain the same? Give a reason for your answer. [2]
(iii) State Hookes’ law.
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[TOTAL=11 MARKS]
SECTION C ANSWER BOOKLET BELOW
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