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SECOND CONTINOUS ASSESSMENT FOR THIRD TERM (2021/2022 SESSION)
NAME: ___________________________________________DATE: ____________________
SUBJECT: PHYSICS CLASS: YEAR 10 TIME: 45 MINUTES
INSTRUCTION: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS. (ALL QUESTIONS CARRY EQUAL MARKS)
1. A ball bearing is been released from rest and allowed to fall through a viscous fluid. Which of the following
statements about the motion is correct?
a. Its acceleration decreases before terminal velocity is attained.
b. When terminal velocity is attained the acceleration of the fluid becomes zero.
c. Its velocity increases before terminal Velocity is attained.
d. There is no resultant force on the ball before it attains terminal velocity.
2. The friction which exists between two layers of liquid relative motion is called
a. Capillarity b. surface tension c. viscosity d. cohesion.
3. Which of the following observations is not an effect of surface tension?
a. Droplets of water dripping slowly from a tap
b. Mercury spilled on a clean glass plate forms small spherical droplets
c. An insect walking across the Surface of a pond
d. Water flowing out more easily than engine oil from a container
4. A very sensitive spring balance was used to determine the weight of an object at the North Pole. When the same
spring balance was used to measure the weight of the same object at the equator, it was found to reduce. The
explanation for this observation is that
a. It is very hot at the equator.
b. The spring balance has expanded.
c. The acceleration of free fall due to gravity varies with location.
d. The mass of the body is reduced.
5. The property of a fluid that is used to determine its sustainability as a lubricant is its
a. Capillarity b. Viscosity c. Surface tension d. Relative density
6. The action of blotting paper on ink is due to
a. Diffusion b. osmosis c. capillarity d. surface tension
7. The meniscus of water in a capillary tube is
a. Convex b. concave c. straight d. dependent on the bore of the tube
8. The rise or fall of a liquid in a narrow tube is due to
a. The friction between the walls of the tube and the liquid
b. The viscosity of the liquid
c. The osmotic pressure of the liquid
d. The surface tension of the liquid
e. None of the above
9. Which of the following factors may be used to explain why steel pin may float in water?
a. The force of cohesion between the pin and the water
b. The force of adhesion between the pin and the water
c. The surface tension of the water
d. The force due to capillarity
e. The law of floatation
10. Which of the following explains the concave meniscus of water in a glass tube?
a. The adhesion between water and glass is greater than the cohesion between water molecules
b. The cohesion between water molecules is greater than the adhesion between water and glass
c. The molecule of water near the glass moves faster than the molecules in the other part
d. The molecules of water at the water-air boundary
11. A body which weighs 50N in air displaces 3.7kg of water when partially immersed in water. Calculate the
upthrust on the body.
a. 37.0N b. 87.0N c. 13.0N d. 8.7N
12. The different time rates of flow of fluid is due to
a. Surface tension
b. Adhesive force
c. Cohesive force
d. Viscous force
13. When the temperature of a liquid is increased, its surface tension
a. Decreases
b. Increases then decreases
c. Remain constant
d. Increases
14. The terminal velocity of a ball bearing falling through a viscous fluid is reached when the
a. Ball accelerates uniformly
b. Velocity is uniform
c. Upthrust is equal to the weight of the ball
d. Upthrust is equal to the velocity of the ball
15. In an experiment to determine terminal velocity, as the pressure increases, the viscosity of a liquid
a. Increases b. decreases c. increases then decreases d. remain constant
16. The effect of a particle in a fluid attaining its terminal velocity is that the
a. Weight is equal to the retarding force
b. Buoyancy force is equal to the viscous retarding force
c. Acceleration is maximum
d. Buoyancy force is more than the weight of the fluid displaced
THEORY
1) a. Explain the terms cohesion and adhesion
b. Draw a diagram to show what is observed when a narrow tube is placed vertically in a beaker of
(i). water
(ii) mercury
c. Explain the differences in the meniscus of water and mercury.
2) a. Explain the terms, viscosity and terminal velocity.
b. Draw a diagram that shows the forces acting on a steel-ball falling through a viscous liquid
c. Sketch the graph of a velocity against time of fall of the steel ball.
3) a. What are solar collectors
b. Itemize the component parts of a flat plate solar collector
Explain why water in a narrow glass tube has a concave meniscus while mercury, in the same tube, has a convex
meniscus .
