Important Short Questions of ATP

Q1: i. ii. iii. iv. Q2: i. ii. HOW TO CHECK FOR ZERO ERROR IN A verneir caliper micrometer screw gauge meter rule stopwatch HOW TO CHECK FOR ZERO ERROR IN A Voltmeter Ammeter

Q3: WHY THE POINTER READING AMMETER IS GENTLY TAPPED BEFORE TAKING A READING? Q4: WHY THE POINTER READING VOLTMETER IS GENTLY TAPPED BEFORE TAKING A READING? Q5: WHEN MAKING A RAY DIAGRAM, WHY SHOULD RAYS AND NORMAL BE AS THIN AS POSSIBLE? Q6: Q7: Q8: WHAT IS A NORMAL LINE? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF RATCHET IN A MICROMETER? A LIQUID REACHING THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE QUICKLY. GIVE ONE

REASON? Q9: Q10: WHY THE TEMPERATURE 20OC IS MARKED ON THE MEASURING CYLINDER? WHY AN IMAGE IS OBSERVED (OR MEASURED) FROM A POSITION BEHIND THE SCREEN RATHER THAN IN FRONT? Q11: Q12: Q13: WHAT IS A MENT GOOD ELECTRICAL CONNECTION? HOW WOULD YOU FIND OUT IF THE MICROMETER HAS A ZERO ERROR? STATE ONE PRECAUTION WHILE READING THE TEMPERATURE FROM A THERMOMETER? Q14: STATE ONE PRECAUTION, OTHER THAN AVOIDING PARALLAX ERROR THAT SHOULD TAKE WHEN USING A SCHOOL LAB THERMOMETER, TO ENSURE ACCURATE MEASUREMENT OF TEMPERATURE?

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Q15: i. ii. Q16:

HOW WOULD YOU KNOW THAT THE TEMPERATURE OF A LIQUID IS: UNIFORM MAXIMUM WHAT IS THE AFFECT OF LENGTH OR MASS ON TIME PERIOD OF

PENDULUM? Q17: Q18: WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS TO GET ACCURATE FIXED POINTS? WHY WHILE DETERMINING THE BOILING POINT OF WATER,

THERMOMETER IS HELD IN STEAM? Q19: Q20: WHY THE FULCRUM SHOULD HAVE SHARP EDGE? WHAT OBSERVATION MADE DURING THE EXPERIMENT WOULD CONFIRM THAT THE GIVEN METAL IS A GOOD CONDUCTOR OF HEAT? Q21: Q22: Q23: WHY DOES THE STIRING HELP TO OBTAIN A UNIFORM TEMPERATURE? WHAT IS THE PUPOSE OF LAGGING? HOW YOU MIGHT CHECK THAT YOU HAVE MADE GOOD ELECTRICAL

CONNECTIONS? Q24: 6CM? Q25: Q26: Q27: WHAT ADVANTAGE IS THERE IN USING TRACING PAPER FOR THE SCREEN? WHY THE EYE NOT PLACED TOO CLOSE TO THE END OF THE RULE? WHAT WOULD BE THE EFFECT ON THE IMAGE IF THE CENTRE OF THE OBJECT AND THE CENTRE OF THE LENS ARE NOT AT THE SAME HEIGHT? Q28 Q29: WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF VARIABLE RESISTOR? GIVE PRECAUTIONS WHICH YOU COULD TAKE TO ENSURE THAT VOLTAGE WAS DETERMINED ACCURATLY? Q30: BEFORE CLOSSING THE SWITHCH, WHY IS THE RHOSTATE ADJUSTED TO ITS MAXIMUM VALUE? Q31: WHY IS A COMPASS TAPPED WHEN BEING USED? Q32: WHAT IS THE ADVANTAGE OF USING SMALLER COMPASS? GIVE A REASON FOR MAKING THE LENGTH OF EACH NORMAL AT LEAST

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Q33: Q34: Q35: CARD? Q36:

WHY SHOULD CARD MOVE FREELY ON THE PIVOT? WHAT IS PLUMBLINE? WHY THE PLUMBLINE SHOULD HANG SO THAT IT ALMOST TOUCHES THE

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF NEAREST 0.2OC WHEN RECORDING THE

TEMPERATURE? Q37: Q38: Q39: Q40: Q41: WHAT IS THE MEANING OF OC WRITTEN ON A THERMOMETER? WHAT PRECAUSIONS ARE TO BE TAKEN WHILE MAKING A CIRCUIT? WHAT IS A JOCKY? HOW WOULD YOU CLEAN THE DIRTY JOCKY? HOW COULD LID HELPS TO KEEP THE CONTENTS OF LAGGED CONTAINER

FROZEN? Q42: WHY THERMOMETER HELD IN STEAM FOR DETERMINING THE UPPER FIXED POINT OF THERMOMETER? Q43: Q44: i. ii. Q45: USED? Q46: Q47: Q48: Q49: HOW WILL YOU RECORD READINGS? HOW WILL YOU DISPLAY / REPRESENT YOUR READING? HOW WILL YOU FIND RESULT FROM YOUR REPRESENTED READINGS? WHAT PRECAUTIONS WOULD YOU TAKE WHILE TAKING READINGS FROM MEASURING INSTRUMENTS? (GENERAL PRECAUTIONS) Q50: Q51: Q52: Q53: WHAT IS AN OSCILLATION? WHAT IS TIME PERIOD? HOW WILL YOU NEASURE THE LENGTH OF A PENDULUM? WHAT IS THE USE OF SET SQUARE? WHAT COULD CAUSE THE POINTER TO AT POSITION BELOW 0? STAE THE PRECAUTIONS WHILE TAKING A READING FROM Voltmeter Ammeter WHAT WILL BE THE EFFECT ON THE CIRCUIT IF THE DIRTY JOCKEY IS

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A/O Levels Physics Teacher

Q54: Q55: Q56: Q57: Q58: Q59: Q60: Q61: Q62: Q63: Q64: Q65: Q66: Q67:

WHAT IS A READING? WHAT IS A MEASUREMENT? WHAT IS A PRECISE READING? WHAT IS AN ACCURATE READING? WHAT IS MEANT BY RANGE OF A THERMOMETER? WHAT IS MEANT BY RESPONSIVENESS OF A THERMOMETER? HOW WE CAN INCREASE THE RESPONSIVENESS OF THERMOMETER? WHAT IS MENT BY SENSITIVITY OF A THERMOMETER? HOW CAN WE INCREASE THE SENSITIVITY OF THERMOMETER? WHY THE BORE OF CAPILLARY TUBE IS UNIFOM? WHY THE WALLS OF LONG TUBE ABOVE THE BULB ARE MADE THICK? WHAT IS THE ADVANTAGE OF SMALL SIZE OF THERMOMETER? WHY THE MERCURY IS CONTAINED IN A THIN-WALL GLASS BULB? WHAT IS THE PUPOSE OF CONSTRICTION IN THE CLINICAL

THERMOMETER? Q68: WHAT DOES THE STATEMENT MEAN, THAT THE SCALE OF THERMOMETER

IS LINEAR? Q69: WHY THE CROSS-SECTION OF THE STEM OF THERMOMETER IS PEAR-

SHAPED?

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A/O Levels Physics Teacher