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ACT Year 11 Physics practice questions

Use Skill Align for ACT Year 11 Physics practice questions after the relevant science concept, data skill, or investigation skill has been taught.

27 practice skills

ACT Year 11 Physics includes 27 practice skills across Motion and forces, Energy and waves, Electricity and fields, and Modern physics and inquiry.

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Sample ACT BSSS Year 11 Physics questions

These sample questions are visible on the page before login. They show ACT BSSS Year 11 Physics motion, energy, electric fields, waves, magnetic flux, and light-and-matter data with diagrams and graphs before opening the demo.

ACT BSSS Year 11 Physics Motion graphs hard velocity-time graph

1. The velocity-time graph encloses an area of a triangle with base 4.0 s and height 10 m/s plus a rectangle of 3.0 s by 10 m/s. What displacement is shown?

ACT 11 velocity-time displacement 0-4 s 10 m/s 7 s t v
Choices
  • 50 m
  • 20 m
  • 30 m
  • 70 m
Explanation:

The area is 0.5 x 4.0 x 10 = 20 m plus 3.0 x 10 = 30 m, giving 50 m.

ACT BSSS Year 11 Physics Circuits hard circuit diagram

2. A 24 V supply is connected to a 6 ohm resistor. What current is represented?

ACT 11 circuit calculation 24 V 6 ohm I
Choices
  • 4.0 A
  • 0.25 A
  • 18 A
  • 144 A
Explanation:

Ohm's law gives I = 24 / 6 = 4.0 A.

ACT BSSS Year 11 Physics Refraction hard refraction diagram

3. A light ray travels from glass into air. Which direction does it bend as it speeds up?

ACT 11 glass to air ray glass air normal
Choices
  • Away from the normal
  • Toward the normal
  • Straight into the surface
  • It cannot refract
Explanation:

Light bends away from the normal when it enters a faster optical medium.

ACT BSSS Year 11 Physics Circular motion hard circular-motion diagram

4. A rider moves at 3.0 m/s around a 2.0 m radius curve. What centripetal acceleration is shown?

ACT 11 curve acceleration 2.0 m 3.0 m/s a
Choices
  • 4.5 m/s2
  • 1.5 m/s2
  • 6.0 m/s2
  • 9.0 m/s2
Explanation:

Centripetal acceleration is v2 / r = 3.02 / 2.0 = 4.5 m/s2.

ACT BSSS Year 11 Physics Half-life hard decay graph

5. A radioactive sample drops from 120 units to 15 units in 15 days. What half-life is shown?

ACT 11 decay graph 120 15 15 d
Choices
  • 5 days
  • 7.5 days
  • 15 days
  • 45 days
Explanation:

120 to 15 is three halvings: 120, 60, 30, 15. Three half-lives take 15 days, so one half-life is 5 days.

ACT BSSS Year 11 Physics Elastic energy hard force-extension graph

6. A spring graph reaches 18 N at extension 0.09 m. What energy is stored?

ACT 11 spring area 0.09 m 18 N area x F
Choices
  • 0.81 J
  • 1.62 J
  • 18 J
  • 200 J
Explanation:

The area under the linear graph is 0.5 x 0.09 x 18 = 0.81 J.

For parents comparing ACT BSSS Year 11 Physics support

ACT BSSS Year 11 Physics practice should help students connect equations to visible evidence: motion, energy, electric fields, waves, magnetic flux, and light-and-matter data. These examples preview that visual reasoning before the no-login Physics demo.

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What this practice page covers

Year 11 Physics practice sits inside ACT BSSS senior Physics planning coverage across motion, forces, energy, waves, electricity, fields, modern physics, data analysis, and scientific inquiry skills, with Skill Align keeping the route focused on this senior year level.

Senior practice is organised by year level, topic, and mode so students can revise targeted areas rather than sitting a full-paper workflow every time.

Start with the public sample questions to check the question style, then use the curriculum coverage page to choose a topic that matches the student's current classwork.

Preview question styles
  • ACT Physics graphs and diagrams: Students inspect a state/year-specific mix of motion graphs, field diagrams, circuit models, wave diagrams, induction graphs, and modern-physics visuals where the evidence matters.
  • Year 11 Physics revision style: Samples focus on motion, energy, electric fields, waves, magnetic flux, and light-and-matter data without turning the page into a full exam paper.
  • Evidence-based explanations: Each item keeps the answer choices, graph, and explanation aligned so students can see why one option is best supported.
Suggested first practice steps
  • Preview the public sample questions before creating a saved student session.
  • Choose one focus area that has already been introduced at school.
  • Use exercise mode for immediate explanations, then test mode when the student is ready for delayed feedback.

These examples are not the full topic list. Use the curriculum coverage page for the complete mapped pathway.

  • Motion and forces
  • Energy and waves
  • Electricity and fields
  • Modern physics and inquiry
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ACT students studying Year 11 Physics.

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