MINISTRY OF GENERAL EDUCATION
LUA LUA DAY SEC SCHOOL
NATURAL SCIENCE: PHYSICS END OF TERM 2 2025
GRADE 11. Time: 1 hour 30 min.
1) Mr. Sichangwa travelled to the moon and he jumped a greater vertical distance on the
Moon than on earth. This is because the gravitational field strength is …………….
(a) Constant on earth
(b) Greater on the moon
(c) Less on the moon
(d) The same on earth and on the moon
2) The diagram below shows a micrometer screw gauge
What is the reading shown on the micrometer?
(a) 5.43mm (b) 7.30mm (c) 6.63mm (d) 8.13mm
3) A person fell from the transmitter of height of 80m. Ignore air resistance, calculate the time
taken for the person to hit the ground………………..
(a) 4 seconds (b) 8 seconds (c) 9 seconds (d) 16 seconds
4) The diagram shows an extract from a Vernier calipers being used to measure diameter pipe
What is reading of the instrument?
(a) 9.02 cm (b) 9.92 cm (c) 10.02 cm (d) 10.20 cm
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5) The following diagram shows the motion of the ball that was dropped from a height of 2m
and bounced back
At what point A, B, C, D is the ball having zero speed
6) A bullet passes through a wooden block 0.80m thick. The velocity of the bullet reduces from
700m/s to 300m/s as it passes through the block. If the mass of the bullet is 10g. Calculate
the work done by the bullet in KJ
(a) 0.8 KJ (b) 2.0 KJ (c) 4.0 KJ (d) 2000 KJ
7) The following diagrams shows wheels used to drive a grinding mill
What is the mechanical advantage?
(a) 0.2 (b) 4.0 (c) 5.0 (d) 50.0
8) An experiment is carried out as shown in the figure below
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Why does the water at top take long to melt in water, even though the water at top of tube is
boiling?
(a) Convection never occurs in water
(b) Ice is poor conductor of heat
(c) The gauge prevents the heat from reaching the ice
(d) Water is poor conductor of heat
9) A biomimetic strip is made from iron and steel used in a thermostat
When the strip is heated the brass expands more than the iron, which shape will the strip become
10) A 100 cm uniform beam is balanced when the pivoted at x. a mass of 200g rests on the beam
as shown in the diagram
What is the mass of the beam?
(a) 100g ( b) 200g (c) 400g (d) 800g
Section B
1) The figure shows a device
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a) State the name of the device above ………………………………………………..[1]
b) What physical quantity does the device above measure……………………………..[1]
c) Calculate the reading shown on the device above
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2) The figure below shows four forces acting on car whose weight is 8000 N as it moves on
straight road
a) Which two forces must be equal for the car to move at constant velocity
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The table below shows the values of the four forces acting on the car
(i) Calculate Mass of the car
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(ii) Calculate The acceleration of the car
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(iii) Calculate the velocity of the car , initially at rest then it accelerates in 6 seconds
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3) The figure below shows an experiment on heat transfer of different materials
a) Identify the material where the pin will fall off first…………………………………..[1]
b) What was the aim of the experiment...
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c) What can be concluded from the experiment?. ....................................................................
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d) Give one use of good conductors of heat
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4) Water reservoir supplies water with a mass of 8.6 kg and it falls from a height of 170m,
In 1 hour
a) Define work done ……………………………………………………………………….
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b) Calculate the gravitational potential energy of the water
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c) Calculate the efficiency of the water, if the power output is 2.06 watts
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5) The figure below shows a displacement over distance graph
a) Define wavelength
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b) Determine the frequency of the wave if the speed is 0.5 m/s
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c) Determine the period of the wave
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d) State one difference between a transverse wave and longitudinal wave
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6) The figure below shows some components of electromagnetic spectrum
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a) State the names of components of electromagnet spectrum found on
Q……………………………………..
R……………………………………… [2]
b) State one use of electromagnet spectrum labelled R
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c) If the speed of gamma rays is 3x1010 cm/s in vacuum, and its wavelength is 1.2x106m.
Calculate the frequency of the gamma rays
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SECTION C. Answer all questions.
The table shows the results of an experiment to determine hooks law
a) State Hooks law
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b) Copy and complete the table by finding the values of applied force and extension (mm) [3]
c) On graph paper, plot a graph of applied force(N) against extension(mm) [4]
d) From the graph determine the spring constant [1]
e) State one condition on which the Hooks law is obeyed
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