September 23, 2022

Kenya certificate of Secondary Education 2016 Physics paper 1 SECTION A: (25 marks) Answer all the questions in this section in the spaces provided 1. State what mechanics as a branch of physics deals with. (1 mark) 2. Figure 1 shows a change in volume of water in a measuring cylinder when an irregular solid […]

Questions and Answers 2017 Physics paper 2 SECTION A: (25 marks) Answer all the questions in this section in the spaces provided 1. State any two uses of microwaves. (2 marks) – Cooking/warming/heating – Communication / Radar/ measure distances 2. In a laboratory there are four metals — tin, nickel, copper and cobalt. Of these

2017 Physics paper 1 SECTION A: (25 marks) Answer all the questions in this section in the spaces provided. 1. In order to determine the size of an oil molecule, a student performed an experiment using five oil drops to make a circular patch of the oil on the surface of water in a water

2018 Physics paper 3 Question 1 You are provided with the following:   Some water in a container A 10 ml measuring cylinder A piece of a glass rod A 10 g mass 5 paper clips A half metre rule A metre rule Two stands, two bosses and two clamps Three pieces of sewing threadProceed

Questions and Answers 2017 Physics paper 2 1. Explain why the walls of a studio are padded with woolen materials.(2 marks)   Sounds produced in the studio are reflected by the walls producing echoes in the room; that interfere with the signals transmitted. The woolen materials will absorb the sound hence reduce the echo effects.2.

2018 Physics paper 1 Section A: (25 marks) 1. State the reason why an object on earth has a higher weight than on the moon. (1 mark) Earth’s gravity is higher than the moon’s gravity 2. Figure 1 shows the position of a students cye while illustrate the length of a wooden block using a

Questions and Answers 2019 Physics paper 2 1. Figure 1 shows two plane mirrors inclined at an angle of 120° to each other. A ray of light makes an angle or 40° with the first mirror. By completing the ray diagram determine the angle of reflection on the second mirror. (2 marks) Correct reflections at

Questions and Answers 2019 Physics paper 1 Section A: (25 marks) 1. A micrometer screw gauge has a — 0.03 mm error. State the reading that is observed on the instrument s’hen used to measure the diameter of a wire whose actual diameter is 0.38 mm. (1 mark) Actual reading = 0.38mm (error) = 0.03

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education 2020 Physics paper 2 Section A (25 Marks) Answer all the questions in this section. 1. State the observation made on the image in a pin hole camera when the distance between the object and the pin hole is reduced.(2 marks) The image size increases/ becomes larger/ bigger/ magnified. 2.