Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises the Form 2 Physics End Term 3 2025 Exam with Marking Scheme. The PDF version is also available upon your request. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  The exam paper is designed to be completed within a duration of 2 hours and is marked out of a total of 80 marks. The paper is divided into two compulsory sections:

  • Section A: Contains 12 short-answer questions, totaling 25 marks.
  • Section B: Contains 6 structured questions, totaling 55 marks.

  The examination covers a wide range of topics from the Form 1 and Form 2 Physics syllabus, including:

  • Mechanics
    • Measurement: Reading a micrometer screw gauge with zero error.
    • Forces: Calculating weight and gravitational field strength.
    • Pressure: Atmospheric pressure, barometers, and pressure in solids.
    • Hooke's Law: Stating the law and graphical analysis to find the spring constant.
    • Turning Effect of a Force: Equilibrium and the principle of moments.
    • Fluid Flow: The equation of continuity.
  • Thermal Physics
    • Anomalous expansion of water and applications of thermal expansion.
    • Heat transfer through conduction and convection.
    • Temperature scale conversions.
  • Waves and Optics
    • Properties of waves (transverse and longitudinal), wavelength, amplitude, and frequency.
    • Sound waves and echoes.
    • Rectilinear propagation of light, reflection in plane and curved mirrors, and the pinhole camera.
  • Electricity and Magnetism
    • Electrostatics and its applications.
    • Current electricity, including the calculation of current.
    • Magnetism (domain theory) and electromagnetism (electric bell, right-hand grip rule).
• Category:

  Exams
• Level:

  Form 2
• Subject:

  PHYSICS

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