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KENYA SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION ASSESSMENT KSSEA
PHYSICS F2
MID TERM
Candidate’s Name
Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
232/1 Physics School Name
Jun 2025 Candidate’s
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Answer all the ques ons in this paper.
1. Figure 1(a) shows a stone of mass 144 g immersed in water. Before the stone was immersed, the level of
water was as shown in Figure 1(b). Determine the density of the stone. (3 marks)
2. Figure 3 shows a meter rule being used to measure the length of a block of wood.
(a) Record the reading of the block. (1 mark)
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(b) What is the accuracy of the metre rule. (1 mark)
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3. A bag of sugar is found to have the same weight on planet earth as an identical bag of dry sawdust on
planet Jupiter. Explain why the masses of two bags must be different. (2 marks)
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4. Figure 6 shows water drops on two surfaces. In Figure 6 (a) the glass surface is smeared with wax while
in Figure 6 (b) the glass is clean.
Explain the difference in the shapes of the drops. (2 marks)
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5. A mass of 40 g is suspended from a spring causing it to stretch. When a 20 g mass is added to it, the
spring stretches further by 1.6 cm. determine the spring constant. (gravitational field strength g = 10
Nkg-1) (3 marks)
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6. State two factors that affect the stability of a cylindrical container. (2 marks)
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7. Below shows a cross-section of a vacuum flask.
(i) Name the parts labelled A and B. (2 marks)
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(ii) Explain how the heat losses are immunized when hot liquid is poured into the flask. (3 marks)
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(iii) Boiling water is poured into two identical vacuum flasks A and B. Flask A is partially filled
while flask B is completely filled. Both are closed tightly. State with a reason the flask in which
the water is likely to have higher temperature eight hours later. (2 marks)
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8. Besides the length of the rods that is kept constant, what else should be kept constant when comparing
the property for the different metals. (2 marks)
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9. A boarding school has two identical tanks A and B filled with water. All the surfaces of tank A are
painted silvery shiny while the surface of tank B are painted black. It is observed that, for bathing in the
morning, most of the students prefer fetching water from one particular tank.
(a) Identify the tank preferred by the students in the morning. (1 mark)
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(b) Explain why students prefer to use water in the tank identified in 9 (a). (2 marks)
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10. The figure below shows the shape of a bimetallic strip after it was cooled below room temperature.
Explain why the strip curved as shown. (2 marks)
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11. Explain the differences between a liquid and a gas in terms of intermolecular distances and forces.
(1 mark)
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12. The figure below shows a ray of light incident on a plane mirror.
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Complete the diagram to show the path of the reflected ray. (2 marks)
13. Below shows three cardboard A, B and C with holes placed between a source of light and an observer.
A B C
Eye
Source of light
Explain what is observed. (2 marks)
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