Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises the Form 3 Physics Paper 1 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 7 short-answer questions, totaling 25 marks.
  • Section B: Contains 5 structured, multi-part questions, totaling 55 marks.

  The examination covers a wide range of topics from the Physics Paper 1 syllabus up to Form 3, including:

  • Mechanics
    • Measurement: Determining density of a solid.
    • Forces: Friction, Newton's first law of motion, and the principle of conservation of momentum.
    • Pressure: Calculating pressure and force in liquids.
    • Work, Energy, Power, and Machines: Calculating efficiency and work done for an inclined plane.
    • Turning Effect of a Force: Centre of gravity and the principle of moments.
    • Linear Motion: Interpretation of velocity-time graphs and application of equations of motion.
  • Properties of Matter
    • Surface tension, cohesion, adhesion, and capillarity.
    • Fluid flow, including Bernoulli's principle and its applications.
    • The particulate nature of matter, demonstrated by Brownian motion.
  • Thermal Physics
    • Heat transfer by conduction.
    • Thermometry, including the sensitivity of liquid-in-glass thermometers.
    • Evaporation and calculation of specific latent heat of fusion from experimental data.
• Category:

  Exams
• Level:

  Form 3
• Subject:

  PHYSICS

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