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HSC Year 11 Physics practice questions

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45 practice skills

HSC Year 11 Physics includes 45 practice skills across Mechanics and motion, Waves and light, Electricity and magnetism, and Matter, energy and the cosmos.

HSC Year 11 Physics demo

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Sample HSC Year 11 Physics questions

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

HSC Year 11 Physics Motion graphs hard velocity-time graph

1. A velocity-time graph rises from 0 m/s to 8 m/s in 4.0 s, then stays at 8 m/s until 6.0 s. What displacement is represented?

Choices

32 m
16 m
48 m
8 m

Explanation:

Area under the graph gives displacement. The triangle is 0.5 x 4.0 x 8 = 16 m and the rectangle is 2.0 x 8 = 16 m, giving 32 m.

HSC Year 11 Physics Electric circuits hard circuit diagram

2. A 12 V supply is connected to a 6 ohm resistor. What current should the circuit diagram show?

Choices

2.0 A
0.5 A
18 A
72 A

Explanation:

Ohm's law gives I = V / R = 12 / 6 = 2.0 A.

HSC Year 11 Physics Waves in media hard standing-wave diagram

3. The standing-wave diagram shows three half-wavelengths along a 1.20 m string. What is the wavelength?

Choices

0.80 m
0.40 m
1.20 m
3.60 m

Explanation:

One half-wavelength is 1.20 / 3 = 0.40 m, so the full wavelength is 0.80 m.

HSC Year 11 Physics Refraction hard refraction diagram

4. A ray travels from air into glass. Which path is consistent with the ray slowing at the boundary?

Choices

It bends toward the normal
It bends away from the normal
It travels along the boundary
It must reverse direction

Explanation:

Entering a slower medium makes the ray bend toward the normal while its frequency remains the same.

HSC Year 11 Physics Radioactive decay hard decay graph

5. A count rate falls from 80 counts/s to 10 counts/s in 9 hours. What half-life is consistent with the decay graph?

Choices

3 hours
4.5 hours
9 hours
30 hours

Explanation:

80 to 10 is three halvings: 80, 40, 20, 10. Three half-lives take 9 hours, so one half-life is 3 hours.

HSC Year 11 Physics Electric fields hard field diagram

6. A positive test charge is placed in a uniform electric field between charged plates. What direction is its force?

Choices

In the direction of the field
Opposite the field
Perpendicular to the plates only
Zero because it is a test charge

Explanation:

A positive charge experiences force in the same direction as the electric field.

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HSC 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 NSW HSC Physics coverage for mechanics, waves, electricity and magnetism, electromagnetism, light, matter, energy, the cosmos, and working scientifically, 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

HSC 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.

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Mechanics and motion
Waves and light
Electricity and magnetism
Matter, energy and the cosmos

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NSW students studying Year 11 Physics.

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