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232/3 PHYSICS PAPER 3 JULY /AUGUST 2013 TIME: 2 HOURS

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Physics Practical

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES: Write your name and index number in the spaces provided above. Answer all the questions in the spaces provided in the question paper. You are supposed to spend the first 15 minutes of the 2 hours allowed for this paper reading the whole paper carefully before commencing your work. Marks are given for a clear record of the observations actually made, their suitability, accuracy and the use made of them. Candidates are advised to record their observations as soon as they are made. Mathematical table and electronic calculators may be used.

For Examiners Use Only

Question 1 Maximum Score Candidates score A 8 B (i) 5

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NAKURU DISTRICT JOINT TRIAL EXAMINATION

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE)

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Date: ............................................

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School: .

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Name: Index No.

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Candidates Sign. ............

B(ii) 2

C(i) 3

C(ii) 2

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Question 2 Maximum Score Candidates score

D(iv) 2

D(v) 2

E(iii) 5

E (v) 8

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Grand Total

Metre rule

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Procure A. Arrange the apparatus as shown.

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Two complete retort stand.

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Wooden plank with nail fixed at its centre.

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Stop watch

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Question One You are provided with A bob mass attached on a string having a mark on it at a length of 90cm.

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This paper consists of 7 printed pages. Candidates should check to ascertain that all pages are printed as indicated and that no questions are missing.

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Wooden plank

Retort stand

String Table or stool Bob mass

Table or stool

Tie the string so that the mark is just on the nail. Set the bob into a conical pendulum oscillation with a small angle displacement to the vertical. Obtain time for 10 oscillations and period T seconds and square for period as indicated in the table. Then reduce the string to a length D and repeat the experiment. determine time t for 10 oscillations, period and square of period, filling and completing table 1. Table.1

D( m) Time for 10 oscillations, t,(s) Period, T,(s) Period 2,T2 ,(S2)

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B. (i) Draw graph of T2 (s2) against distance D (m),

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(ii) Determine slope, G, of your graph

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C. Given that T2n + 39.478D= 39.478L where D is distance and L and n are constant, determine

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2. (A) You are provided with the following: - 2 dry cells - A cell holder - A nichrome wire mounted on a metre rule - An ammeter, A - A voltmeter, V - A jockey J - A switch S - 8 connecting wires

Proceed as follows:

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(b)

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Set the apparatus as shown in fig 3 With the switch open, record the reading E, of the voltmeter E= (1mks)

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Place the jockey, J , on the nichrome wire at 70cm mark. Close the switch, read and record

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the values of I (ammeter reading) and the corresponding values of V (voltmeter reading) in table 2 (d) Repeat (c) above for length, L = 70cm, 60cm, 50. Complete table 2 L (cm) I (A) V (V) (E V )/I Table 2 (3mks) 70 60 50

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Given that E = V + Ir, The average internal resistance, r, of the battery

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2.(B) You are provided with the following: - A glass prism - 4 optical pins - White piece of paper mounted on a soft board

(a) Draw the outline of the glass prism on the plain paper mounted on the soft board. Label the vertices of the triangle as shown in figure 4 below. Note that AB and AC are sides of the prism that are equal in length. Mark a point O on the outline drawn. Draw a normal to the face AB via point O as shown in the diagram. (i) Measure an angle of incidence of 300 at the point of incidence O. Stick two pins P1 and P2 to mark the incident ray. 5

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Figure 4

Place the glass prism on the outline and view from side AC to see the images of pins P1 and P2. Stick pin P3 (search pin) below side AC as show in the figure such that it is in a straight line with the images of P1 and P2. Stick the fourth pin P4 so that it lies in the same straight line with P3 and the images of P1 and P2. (ii) Remove the prism and pins. Join points P3 and P4 in a straight line to meet AC at E. Join point E to O. Measure the angle of refraction r. r = (i) Repeat the experiment for different angles of incidence, say 350, 400, 450, 500, 550 and 600 and record the results in the table. Complete the table. Angle of incidence (I0) Angle of refraction (r0) Sin i Sin r ( 4 marks ) ( 1 mark )

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(iii) From the graph determine the refraction index of the glass prism.

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(ii) Plot a graph of sin r against sin i.

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( 5 marks )

( 4 marks )