TERM 2- MID TERM EXAMINATION

FEBRUARY - 2022
MODE OF EXAMINATION: ONLINE

ESIS NUMBER

NAME IN FULL

PHYSICS Grade: 5

FEBRUARY 11 2022 Time allowed: 45 MINUTES

Instructions Total Marks

 Answer all questions

 Write neatly using black/blue ink or gel pen.
 Illegible or unreadable answers will not be granted any mark.
 You must answer the questions in the spaces provided 30 100
 Do not write outside the box around each page or on
blank pages.
 You must not use a dictionary or a calculator unless
instructed.
 Use a sharpened pencil and a rule wherever required to
draw a
graph or diagrams or labelling.

Information

 The marks for questions are shown in brackets.

Advice

 You are advised to spend about 15 minutes reading through the source.
 You should make sure you leave sufficient time to check your answers.

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Answer all questions from sections A and B.

Section-A [Structured Questions]

1. (a) Peter is making a circuit with bulb. He wants to use the circuit to find out if a metal
paperclip allows the electricity to pass through

What name is given to the metals that allow electricity to pass through?

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(b) This is peter’s circuit

Name the one piece of equipment peter must add to his circuit to see if the paperclip
allows electricity to pass through

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(c) Peter can tell from his circuit that the paperclip allows electricity to pass through

What happens in peter’s circuit to show him that the paperclip allows electricity to pass
through? ________________________________ (1)

2. (a) Class 5 makes a different circuits using the same type of bulbs, motors with fans and
cells(batteries)

i)Tick one box to show the circuit in which the bulb or bulbs are brighter (1)

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(ii)Explain why the circuit you choose has the brightest bulb or bulbs (1)

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3. (a) Andy build the circuit below. The bulbs do light up.

Draw a circuit diagram for Andy’s circuit

in the space below

Use these symbols in your circuit diagram (3)

(b) Andy wants to change his circuit so that the two bulbs are brighter

He can use any other equipment.

Suggest TWO ways Andy can make his bulb brighter

1.__________________________________________________________________(1)

2.__________________________________________________________________(1)

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4. (a) Lori make an electrical quiz board like the one below.

She writes a question on the flap of paper.

Then she writes four answers next to the letters A, B, C and D.

Only one answer is correct.

When the wire touches the metal clip next to the correct answer, the bulb lights brightly

When she lifts the flap of paper, you can see how the circuit is made.

Look at the diagrams. Which metal clip must Lori touch with the wire to complete the circuit?
Tick ONE box. (1)

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(b) Lori removes one cell (battery) from her circuit. (1)

How will taking one cell out of Lori’s circuit affect the bulb when it is lit?

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5. (a) Some children investigated some materials whether it attracts to magnet or not.
They noted of their results as in the table below.

(i) Write the numbers to show the scale on the chart below.

A number has been done for you (1)

(ii) Complete on the graph with the other piece of information given in the table. [1]

(iii) State two ways of demagnetising of magnet (2)

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6. Ali and jane describes their ideas about metals

Jane record some observations from their

investigation in a table

Does each observation support their ideas?

Tick ONE box on each row of the table (2)

7. (a). Sam has a toy made of magnets and balls .

He tries to put different magnets together

Write N (north) or S (south) on each end of each magnet below

to explain Sam’s observation. (2)

Some have been done for you

The ends of these magnets

push away from each other

The ends of these

magnets pull together

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 Section-B [MCQ]

1. With which group of items could you not build a complete circuit?

(a) Crocodile leads, bulbs, switch, buzzer (b) Bulbs, crocodile leads, cell

(C)Cell, switch, buzzer, crocodile leads (d) Wires, bulb, cell

2. Why are electrical wires covered with plastic or rubber?

(a) Plastic and rubber are comfortable materials to touch

(b) Smooth materials keep wires from getting tangled
(c) Plastic and rubber can be made in different colors so people can tell different leads apart
(d) Plastic and rubber are good electrical insulators

3. You have made a simple circuit with one bulb. If you wanted to add an extra bulb without
the first bulb dimming, what would you need to design?

(a)A series circuit (b) A parallel circuit

(c)A complex circuit (d)An incomplete circuit

4. Why might a circuit fail to work?

(a) It might have a dead battery

(b) It might have two leads connected to the positive pole of the battery and

none connected to the negative

(c) It might have a break in the circuit

(d) All of the above

5. How are magnets useful for separating materials for recycling?

(a) They can separate magnetic materials from other metals

(b) All metals will be attracted to magnets

(c) They can be used to attract aluminum cans

(d) they can be used to attract all materials

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6. Which one of the following does not depend on magnets in order to work?

(a)A compass (b) Scissors

(c)Modern roller coasters (d) Electric motors

7. How might temporary magnets lose their magnetism?

(a)If they are dropped (b) if they are heated

(c) If they are hammered (d) All of the above

8. Besides cells, or batteries, what is another source of electrical power?

(a)Light bulbs (b) Motors

(c)Petrol (d) Electricity mains

9. Which of the following is a non-magnetic material?

(a) Iron (b) Cobalt
(c) Glass (d) Nickel

10. A bar magnet is immersed in a heap of iron fillings and pulled out. The amount of iron filling
clinging to the:

(a) North Pole is almost equal to the South Pole.

(b) North Pole is much more than the South Pole.

(c) North Pole is much less than the South Pole.

(d) Magnet will be same all along its length.

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