UACE Physics Paper 1 Set4

UACE Physics paper 1 set4 Time 2½ marks
Instructions the candidates:
Answer five questions, including at least one, but not more than two from each sections A, Band C.
Any additional question(s) answered will not be marked.
Non programmable scientific calculators may be used.
Assume where necessary
Acceleration due to gravity, g 9.81ms-2
Electron charge, e 1.6 x10-19C
Electron mass 9.11 x 10-31kg
Mass of the earth 5.97 x 1024kg
Plank’s constant, h 6.6 x 10-34Js
Stefan’s-Boltzmann’s constant, σ 5.67 x 10-8Wm-2K-1
Radius of the earth 6.4 x 106m
Radius of the sun 7 x 108m
Radius of the earth’s orbit about the sun 1.5 x 1011m
Speed of light in the vacuum, c 3.0 x 108ms-1
Thermal conductivity of copper 390Wm-1K-1
Thermal conductivity of aluminium 210Wm-1K-1
Specific heat capacity of water 4.200Jkg-1K-1
Universal gravitational constant 6.67 x 10-11Nm2Kg-2
Avogadro’s number, NA 6.02 x 1023mol-1
Surface tension of water 7.0 x 10-2Nm-1
Density of water 1000kgm-3
Gas constant, R 8.31Jmol-1K-1
Charge to mass ratio, e/m 1.8 x 1011Ckg-1

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The constant, 9.0 x 109F-1m
4𝜋𝜀0
Faraday’s constant, F 9.65 x 104Cmol-1

SECTION A
1. (a) (i) Define dimensions of a physical quantity. (01mark)

(ii) In the gas equation
𝑎
(𝑃 + ) (𝑉 − 𝑏) = 𝑅𝑇
𝑉2
Where P = pressure, V= volume, T= absolute temperature and R= gas constant, what

are the dimensions of the constants a and b? (04mark)
(b) A particle is projected from a point on horizontal plane with a velocity, u, at an angle, θ,
above the horizontal. Show that the maximum horizontal range Rmax is given by,
𝑢2
𝑅𝑚𝑎𝑥 = where, g, is the acceleration due to gravity. (04marks)
𝑔
(c) (i) Define elastic limit of a material. (01marks)
(ii) Describe an experiment to determine Young’s Modulus of a steel wire. (06marks)
(d) Explain why tyres of a vehicle travelling on a hard surfaced road may burst. (04marks)
2. (a) (i) What is meant by efficiency of a machine? (01mark)

(ii) A car of mass1.2 x 103kgmovesup an incline at a steady velocity of 15ms-1 against a
frictional force of 6.0 x 103N. The incline is such that the car rises 1.0m for every 10m
along the incline. Calculate the output power of the car engine. (04marks)
(b) (i) Define the impulse and momentum. (02marks)
(ii) An engine pumps water such that the velocity of the water leaving the nozzle is
15ms-1. If the water jet is directed perpendicularly on a wall and comes to a stop at the
wall, calculate the pressure exerted on the wall. (03marks)
(c) (i) Define inertia. (01mark)
(ii) Explain why a body placed on a rough plane will slide when the angle of inclination is
increased. (04marks)
(d) (i) State the conditions for a body to be in equilibrium under action of coplanar forces.
(02marks)
(ii) Briefly explain the three states of equilibrium (03marks)
3. (a) (i) What is meant by conservative forces? (01mark)
(ii) Give two examples of conservative forces (02marks)
(b) Explain the following
(i) damped oscillations (02marks)
(ii) Forced oscillations (02marks)
(c) (i) State Newton’s law of gravitation (01mark)
(ii) Show that Newton’s law of gravitation is consistent with Kepler’s third law. (05marks)
(d) If the earth takes 365 days to make one revolution around the sun, calculate the mass of
the sun (04marks)
(e) Explain briefly how satellites are used in world-wide radio or television communication.
(04marks)
4. (a) (i) What is meant by fluid element and flow line as applied to fluid flow? (02mark)
(ii) Explain why some fluids flow more easily than others (03marks)
(b) (i) state Bernoulli’s Principle. (01mark)
(ii) Explain how a Pilot-static tube works (04marks)
(c) Air flowing over the upper surface of an air craft’s wing causes a lift force of 6.4 x 105N.
The air flows under the wing at a speed of 120ms-1 over an area of 28m2. Find the seed of
air flow over an equal area of the upper surface of the air craft’s wings. [Assume density
of air = 1.2kgm-3) (04marks)
(d) (i) What is meant by surface tension and angle of contact of a liquid? (02marks)
(ii) A water drop of radius 0.5cm is broken up into other drops of water each of radius
1mm. assuming isothermal conditions, find the total work done to break up the water
drop. (04marks)
SECTION B
5. (a) (i) Define specific latent het of fusion (01mark)

(ii) State effect of impurities on melting point (01mark)
(b) Explain why there is no change in temperature when a substance is melting (04marks)
(c) With the aid of a labelled diagram, describe the continuous flow method of measuring
the specific heat capacity of a liquid. (06marks)
(d) In an experiment to determine the specific latent heat of fusion of ice, heating coil is
placed in a filter funnel and surrounded by lumps of ice. The following sets of reading
were obtained.
V(V) 4.0 6.0

I(A) 2.0 3.0
Mass of water m (g) 14.9 29.8
collected in 500s
Calculate
(i) Specific latent heat of fusion of ice (04marks)
(ii) Energy gained in the course of obtaining the first set of readings (03marks)
(e) Why re two sets of reading necessary n (d) above. (01mark)
6. (a) (i) State Dalton’s law of partial pressures. (01marks)

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(ii) Using the expression p = 𝜌𝑐 2 , where ρ is the pressure of a gas of density ρ and mean
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square speed c2, derive Daltons law of partial pressures for two gases. (05marks)
(b) (i) What is meant by isothermal process and adiabatic process. (02marks)
(ii) Explain why adiabatic expansion of a gas causes cooling (03marks)
(c) A gas at a temperature of 170C and pressure 1.0 x 105Pa compressed isothermally to half
its original volume. It is then allowed to expand adiabatically to its original volume
(i) Sketch a P-V curve the above process (02marks)
(ii) If the specific heat capacity at constant pressure is 2100Jmol-1K-1 and at constant
volume is 1500Jmol-1K-1, find the final temperature of the gas (04marks)
(d) (i) What is meant by saturated vapour? (01mark)
(ii) Explain briefly the effect of altitude on the boiling point of a liquid (02marks)
7. (a)(i) Define a black body. (01mark)
(ii) Sketch and explain graphs of intensity versus wavelength for three different
temperatures of a black body. (03marks)
(b)Describe with the aid of a diagram how an optical radiation pyrometer is used to measure
temperature. (06marks)
(c) (i) State Prevost’s theory of heat exchanges (01marks)
(ii) Metal sphere of radius 1.5cm is suspended within an evacuated enclosure whose walls
are at 320K. The emissivity of the metal is 0.40. Find the power input required to
maintain the sphere at a temperature of 320K, if heat conduction long the support is
negligible. (04mrks)
(d) A metal boiler is 1.5cm thick. Find the difference in temperature between the inner and
outer surfaces if 40kg of water evaporate from the boiler per meter squared per hour.
[Latent heat of vaporization of water = 2268kJkg-1, Thermal conductivity of the metal
of the boiler = 63Wm-1K-1] (05marks)
SECTION C
8. (a) (i) Distinguish between mass defect and binding of an atomic nucleus (01mark)
(ii) Sketch a graph of nuclear binding energy per nucleon versus mass number for naturally
occurring isotopes and use it to distinguish between nuclear fission and fusion. (04marks)
(b) Describe with the aid of a labelled diagram, Millikan’s oil drop experiment to determine
the charge on an oil drop. (07marks)
(c) (i) Explain briefly diffraction of X-rays by crystals and derive Bragg’s law. (06marks)
(ii) A second order diffraction image is obtained by reflection of X-ray at atomic planes of a
crystal for a glancing angle of 11024’. Calculate the atomic spacing of the planes if the
wavelength of X-rays is 4.0 x 10-11m (02marks)
9. (a) State Bohr’s model of an atom. (02marks)

(b) An electron of mass m and charge –e, is considered to move in circular orbit about a proton.
(i) Write down the expression for the electric force on the electron. (02marks)
(ii) Derive an expression for total energy given that the angular momentum for the electron is
𝑛ℎ
equal to where n is an integer and h is Plank’s constant. (06marks)
2𝜋
(c) With the aid of a labelled diagram, describe the operation of a diffusion type cloud chamber.
(06marks)
(d) The energy levels of an atom have values
E1 = - 21.4eV
E2= -4.87 eV
E3 = -2.77 eV
E4 = -0.81eV
E∞ = 0.00eV
(i) Calculate the wavelength of radiation emitted when an electron makes a transition from E3
to E2 (03marks)
(ii) State the region of the electromagnetic spectrum where the radiation lies (01mark)
10. (a) Describe how positive rays are produced. (03marks)
(b) Describe how a Bainbridge spectrometer can be used to detect isotopes. (05marks)
(c) (i) What is time base as applied to a Cathode Ray Oscilloscope? (01mark)
(ii) Draw a sketch graph showing the variation of time base voltage with time (01mark)
(d) An alternating p.d applied to the Y-plate of an oscilloscope produces five complete waves
on a 10cm length of the screen when the time base setting is 10mscm-1. Find the
frequency of the alternating voltage. (03marks)
(e) (i) Explain the motion of an electron projected perpendicularly into a uniform magnetic
field. (03marks)
(ii) An electron accelerated from rest by a p.d of 100V, enters perpendicularly into a uniform
electric field intensity 105Vm-1. Find the magnetic field density, B, which must be applied
perpendicularly to the electric field so that the electron passes undeflected through the
fields. (04marks)
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UACE Physics paper 1 set4 Time 2½ marks

Instructions the candidates:

Any additional question(s) answered will not be marked.

Non programmable scientific calculators may be used.

Assume where necessary

Acceleration due to gravity, g 9.81ms-2

Electron charge, e 1.6 x10-19C

Electron mass 9.11 x 10-31kg

Mass of the earth 5.97 x 1024kg

Plank’s constant, h 6.6 x 10-34Js

Stefan’s-Boltzmann’s constant, σ 5.67 x 10-8Wm-2K-1

Radius of the earth 6.4 x 106m

Radius of the sun 7 x 108m

Radius of the earth’s orbit about the sun 1.5 x 1011m

Speed of light in the vacuum, c 3.0 x 108ms-1

Thermal conductivity of copper 390Wm-1K-1

Thermal conductivity of aluminium 210Wm-1K-1

Specific heat capacity of water 4.200Jkg-1K-1

Universal gravitational constant 6.67 x 10-11Nm2Kg-2

Avogadro’s number, NA 6.02 x 1023mol-1

Surface tension of water 7.0 x 10-2Nm-1

Density of water 1000kgm-3

Gas constant, R 8.31Jmol-1K-1

Charge to mass ratio, e/m 1.8 x 1011Ckg-1

Faraday’s constant, F 9.65 x 104Cmol-1

1. (a) (i) Define dimensions of a physical quantity. (01mark)

Where P = pressure, V= volume, T= absolute temperature and R= gas constant, what

(c) (i) Define elastic limit of a material. (01marks)

(ii) Describe an experiment to determine Young’s Modulus of a steel wire. (06marks)

2. (a) (i) What is meant by efficiency of a machine? (01mark)

5. (a) (i) Define specific latent het of fusion (01mark)

V(V) 4.0 6.0

(e) Why re two sets of reading necessary n (d) above. (01mark)

6. (a) (i) State Dalton’s law of partial pressures. (01marks)

9. (a) State Bohr’s model of an atom. (02marks)

(d) The energy levels of an atom have values

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