Summary

• Description:

  The PDF document comprises KCSE 2025 Physics Paper 1 Past Paper with Marking Scheme. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  It was a KCSE Physics Paper 1 examination.

  • Duration: 2 hours
  • Total Marks: 80
  • Number of Questions: 16

  It covers the following topics:

  • Measurement of length and use of calipers
  • Kinetic theory of matter and Brownian motion
  • Surface tension and its effects
  • Pressure in liquids and atmospheric pressure
  • Turning effect of a force and the principle of moments
  • Fluid flow, Bernoulli's principle, and the equation of continuity
  • Thermal expansion and anomalous expansion of water
  • Transfer of heat (conduction, convection, and radiation)
  • Hooke's Law and the behavior of springs
  • Linear motion, velocity-time graphs, and equations of motion
  • Newton's Laws of motion and momentum
  • Work, energy, power, and efficiency of machines
  • Circular motion and centripetal force
  • Floating and sinking (Archimedes' Principle and the Law of Floatation)
  • Gas laws (Boyle's Law, Charles' Law, and Pressure Law)
  • Specific heat capacity and calorimetry
• Category:

  KCSE Past Papers
• Level:

  Form 4
• Subject:

  PHYSICS

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