INTEGRATED SCIENCE

MID TERM EXAMS (50 MARKS) DATE:……………………….

NAME: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 1A3

1. A lump of gold has a density of 12.6g/cm3 and a volume of 35cm3. Calculate the mass of the
gold. ( 5marks)

2. A piece of metal weighs 60g. When it is put in a measuring cylinder containing water, the water
level rose from 25cm3 to 35cm3 mark. Find the density of the metal. ( 5marks)

3. Calculate the mass of air in a room of floor dimensions 5m by12m and height of 6m. if the
density of the air is 1.26kg/m3 (5marks)

4. A piece of metal has a volume of 15cm3 and a mass of 15g. Calculate the density of the metal in

i. g/cm3 ii. kg/m3 ( 6marks)

5. State one function of the following parts of a clinical thermometer

i.kink/constriction ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

ii. bulb ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

iii. Mercury…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

6. Explain why water is not used to sterilized clinical thermometer.

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7. Distinguish between scalar quantity and vector quantity.

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8. Classify the following quantities as scalar and vector quantities, mass, force, weight, speed, power,
temperature, momentum, velocity, work, energy

9. State three differences evaporation and boiling

10. Explain why solids are difficult to compress