NumicornNumicornLearn, solve, progress

Motion and Kinematics Practice Tests

These Grade 11 Science practice tests examine position, displacement, speed, velocity, acceleration, motion graphs, constant-acceleration equations, free fall, projectiles, vectors, circular motion, and experimental data.

Skills covered

  • Distinguishing position, distance, displacement, speed, velocity, and acceleration
  • Interpreting position-time, velocity-time, and acceleration-time graphs using slopes and areas
  • Applying constant-acceleration equations, free-fall models, and projectile components
  • Resolving vectors, using relative velocity, analyzing circular motion, and connecting period with frequency
  • Planning kinematics experiments, identifying variables, evaluating data, uncertainty, outliers, and model assumptions

How to use these practice tests

Choose a coordinate direction first. Write the known quantities with units, select the equation that matches the information, and check the sign and physical meaning of the result.

For more Grade 11 Science practice, return to the Grade 11 Science category.

Select a test

5 Tests
1. Test2. Test3. Test4. Test5. Test

1. Test

Grade 11 Motion and Kinematics Practice Tests

Practice Grade 11 Science questions about position, displacement, speed, velocity, acceleration, graphs, vectors, projectiles, circular motion, and experimental data.

Choose the best answer. Define the coordinate direction, select the correct kinematics relationship, track units, and interpret graphs and data carefully.

10 Questions
0/10 Questions0 %
Correct 0
Incorrect 0
Unanswered 10
1. QuestionMultiple choice

What does position describe in one-dimensional motion?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is An object's location relative to a chosen origin.

  1. Identify the motion model: Determine whether the problem describes position, displacement, velocity, acceleration, a graph, a vector, or a specified motion scenario.
  2. Apply the kinematics relationship: Position is a coordinate measured relative to an origin and a chosen positive direction.
  3. Check direction and units: The correct answer is An object's location relative to a chosen origin.

Position is a coordinate measured relative to an origin and a chosen positive direction.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

What is the difference between average speed and average velocity?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Speed uses total distance, while velocity uses displacement and direction.

  1. Identify the motion model: Determine whether the problem describes position, displacement, velocity, acceleration, a graph, a vector, or a specified motion scenario.
  2. Apply the kinematics relationship: Average speed is total distance divided by time; average velocity is displacement divided by time and includes direction.
  3. Check direction and units: The correct answer is Speed uses total distance, while velocity uses displacement and direction.

Average speed is total distance divided by time; average velocity is displacement divided by time and includes direction.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

What does a negative velocity indicate?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Motion in the direction defined as negative.

  1. Identify the motion model: Determine whether the problem describes position, displacement, velocity, acceleration, a graph, a vector, or a specified motion scenario.
  2. Apply the kinematics relationship: Velocity sign records direction relative to the coordinate system; it does not by itself determine whether speed is increasing or decreasing.
  3. Check direction and units: The correct answer is Motion in the direction defined as negative.

Velocity sign records direction relative to the coordinate system; it does not by itself determine whether speed is increasing or decreasing.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

What does the area under a velocity-time graph represent?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Displacement.

  1. Identify the motion model: Determine whether the problem describes position, displacement, velocity, acceleration, a graph, a vector, or a specified motion scenario.
  2. Apply the kinematics relationship: The signed area is the integral of velocity over time, giving displacement.
  3. Check direction and units: The correct answer is Displacement.

The signed area is the integral of velocity over time, giving displacement.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

What does a horizontal line on a position-time graph indicate?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is The object is at rest.

  1. Identify the motion model: Determine whether the problem describes position, displacement, velocity, acceleration, a graph, a vector, or a specified motion scenario.
  2. Apply the kinematics relationship: A horizontal position-time graph has zero slope, so velocity is zero.
  3. Check direction and units: The correct answer is The object is at rest.

A horizontal position-time graph has zero slope, so velocity is zero.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

What does a straight position-time graph with a positive slope indicate?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Constant positive velocity.

  1. Identify the motion model: Determine whether the problem describes position, displacement, velocity, acceleration, a graph, a vector, or a specified motion scenario.
  2. Apply the kinematics relationship: A constant positive slope means position changes at a constant positive rate.
  3. Check direction and units: The correct answer is Constant positive velocity.

A constant positive slope means position changes at a constant positive rate.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

What is instantaneous velocity?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Velocity at a particular moment.

  1. Identify the motion model: Determine whether the problem describes position, displacement, velocity, acceleration, a graph, a vector, or a specified motion scenario.
  2. Apply the kinematics relationship: Instantaneous velocity is the slope of the tangent to a position-time graph at a selected time.
  3. Check direction and units: The correct answer is Velocity at a particular moment.

Instantaneous velocity is the slope of the tangent to a position-time graph at a selected time.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

What does a negative slope on a velocity-time graph mean?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Negative acceleration.

  1. Identify the motion model: Determine whether the problem describes position, displacement, velocity, acceleration, a graph, a vector, or a specified motion scenario.
  2. Apply the kinematics relationship: The slope of a velocity-time graph is acceleration; a negative slope means velocity decreases with time.
  3. Check direction and units: The correct answer is Negative acceleration.

The slope of a velocity-time graph is acceleration; a negative slope means velocity decreases with time.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

An object travels east and then west to its starting point. What is its final displacement?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Zero.

  1. Identify the motion model: Determine whether the problem describes position, displacement, velocity, acceleration, a graph, a vector, or a specified motion scenario.
  2. Apply the kinematics relationship: Displacement is final position minus initial position, so returning to the start gives zero displacement.
  3. Check direction and units: The correct answer is Zero.

Displacement is final position minus initial position, so returning to the start gives zero displacement.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

What is the SI unit of acceleration?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is m/s2\text{m/s}^2.

  1. Identify the motion model: Determine whether the problem describes position, displacement, velocity, acceleration, a graph, a vector, or a specified motion scenario.
  2. Apply the kinematics relationship: Acceleration is change in velocity per time, giving units of meters per second squared.
  3. Check direction and units: The correct answer is m/s2\text{m/s}^2.

Acceleration is change in velocity per time, giving units of meters per second squared.

Previous testNext test