Physics Practice Tests

These Grade 11 Science practice tests examine kinematics, vectors, Newton's laws, friction, work, energy, power, momentum, waves, sound, electricity, magnetism, and experimental data.

Skills covered

  • Using displacement, velocity, acceleration, motion graphs, vectors, projectile models, and gravitational acceleration
  • Applying Newton's laws, free-body reasoning, friction, work, kinetic energy, gravitational potential energy, conservation, and power
  • Analyzing momentum, impulse, collisions, wave amplitude, frequency, wavelength, sound, resonance, and Doppler effect
  • Using charge, voltage, current, resistance, power, electric fields, magnetic forces, right-hand rules, and induction
  • Planning experiments, identifying variables, checking units, interpreting graphs, handling uncertainty, and stating model assumptions

How to use these practice tests

Define the system and coordinate direction first. Write the relevant relationship, substitute values with units, and check whether the sign, magnitude, and physical interpretation are reasonable.

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Grade 11 Physics Practice Tests

Practice Grade 11 Science questions about kinematics, forces, energy, momentum, waves, sound, electricity, magnetism, and experimental analysis.

Choose the best answer. Define the system, select the correct equation, track direction and units, and check whether the result matches the physical model.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

What is electric charge?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A property that causes electric interactions and can be positive or negative.

  1. Identify the physics model: Determine whether the problem concerns motion, force, energy, momentum, waves, electricity, magnetism, or experimental data.
  2. Apply the relationship: Charge produces electric forces, is measured in coulombs, and is conserved in an isolated system.
  3. Check units and direction: The correct answer is A property that causes electric interactions and can be positive or negative.

Charge produces electric forces, is measured in coulombs, and is conserved in an isolated system.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

What is Ohm's law?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is V=IRV=IR.

  1. Identify the physics model: Determine whether the problem concerns motion, force, energy, momentum, waves, electricity, magnetism, or experimental data.
  2. Apply the relationship: Voltage equals current times resistance, so I=V/RI=V/R when resistance is constant.
  3. Check units and direction: The correct answer is V=IRV=IR.

Voltage equals current times resistance, so I=V/RI=V/R when resistance is constant.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

In a series circuit, what is the same through each component?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Current.

  1. Identify the physics model: Determine whether the problem concerns motion, force, energy, momentum, waves, electricity, magnetism, or experimental data.
  2. Apply the relationship: There is one path in a series circuit, so the same current passes through each component.
  3. Check units and direction: The correct answer is Current.

There is one path in a series circuit, so the same current passes through each component.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

In a parallel circuit, what is the same across each branch?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Potential difference or voltage.

  1. Identify the physics model: Determine whether the problem concerns motion, force, energy, momentum, waves, electricity, magnetism, or experimental data.
  2. Apply the relationship: Each branch connects across the same two nodes, so each branch has the same voltage.
  3. Check units and direction: The correct answer is Potential difference or voltage.

Each branch connects across the same two nodes, so each branch has the same voltage.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

Which equation gives electrical power?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is P=IVP=IV.

  1. Identify the physics model: Determine whether the problem concerns motion, force, energy, momentum, waves, electricity, magnetism, or experimental data.
  2. Apply the relationship: Electrical power is voltage times current; using Ohm's law also gives P=I2RP=I^2R or P=V2/RP=V^2/R.
  3. Check units and direction: The correct answer is P=IVP=IV.

Electrical power is voltage times current; using Ohm's law also gives P=I2RP=I^2R or P=V2/RP=V^2/R.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

What is an electric field?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is The force per unit positive test charge.

  1. Identify the physics model: Determine whether the problem concerns motion, force, energy, momentum, waves, electricity, magnetism, or experimental data.
  2. Apply the relationship: Electric field is defined by E⃗=F⃗/q\vec E=\vec F/q for a positive test charge.
  3. Check units and direction: The correct answer is The force per unit positive test charge.

Electric field is defined by E⃗=F⃗/q\vec E=\vec F/q for a positive test charge.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

What is electric potential difference?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is The change in electric potential energy per unit charge.

  1. Identify the physics model: Determine whether the problem concerns motion, force, energy, momentum, waves, electricity, magnetism, or experimental data.
  2. Apply the relationship: Voltage is energy transferred per charge: V=ΔU/qV=\Delta U/q.
  3. Check units and direction: The correct answer is The change in electric potential energy per unit charge.

Voltage is energy transferred per charge: V=ΔU/qV=\Delta U/q.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

What force acts on a moving charge in a magnetic field?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is F⃗=qv⃗×B⃗\vec F=q\vec v\times\vec B.

  1. Identify the physics model: Determine whether the problem concerns motion, force, energy, momentum, waves, electricity, magnetism, or experimental data.
  2. Apply the relationship: The magnetic force is perpendicular to velocity and field, with magnitude F=qvBsin⁡θF=qvB\sin\theta.
  3. Check units and direction: The correct answer is F⃗=qv⃗×B⃗\vec F=q\vec v\times\vec B.

The magnetic force is perpendicular to velocity and field, with magnitude F=qvBsin⁡θF=qvB\sin\theta.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

What does the right-hand rule help determine?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is The direction of a magnetic field, current, or magnetic force.

  1. Identify the physics model: Determine whether the problem concerns motion, force, energy, momentum, waves, electricity, magnetism, or experimental data.
  2. Apply the relationship: Right-hand rules connect the directions of current, magnetic field, velocity, and magnetic force.
  3. Check units and direction: The correct answer is The direction of a magnetic field, current, or magnetic force.

Right-hand rules connect the directions of current, magnetic field, velocity, and magnetic force.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

What is electromagnetic induction?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is The production of an emf by changing magnetic flux.

  1. Identify the physics model: Determine whether the problem concerns motion, force, energy, momentum, waves, electricity, magnetism, or experimental data.
  2. Apply the relationship: Faraday's law connects induced emf to the rate of change of magnetic flux through a loop.
  3. Check units and direction: The correct answer is The production of an emf by changing magnetic flux.

Faraday's law connects induced emf to the rate of change of magnetic flux through a loop.