Grade 11 Physics Review
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. The term "uniform motion" means
a. acceleration is constant
b. speed is constant
c. velocity is constant
d. displacement is constant
e. velocity is zero
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2. The slope of a position-time graph always represents
a. displacement
d. change in velocity
b. distance
e. acceleration
c. velocity
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3. A motorcycle accelerates from rest at 6.0 m/s2. How much farther will it travel during the second 3.0 s of its
motion than during the first 3.0 s?
a. 98 m
d. 27 m
b. 81 m
e. 15 m
c. 54 m
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4. A ball is thrown vertically downward from a window. Accelerating under gravity (9.8 m/s 2), the ball hits the
ground 2.6 s later with a speed of 20.0 m/s. From what height above the ground was it thrown?
a. 85 m
d. 19 m
b. 39 m
e. 10 m
c. 29 m
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5. A curling stone is sliding along the ice just after the curler has released it. Which of the following statements is
true?
a. The net force acting on the stone is supplied by friction.
b. The applied force is just equal to the frictional force.
c. The stone is moving with uniform motion.
d. The frictional force is greater than the applied force which is acting.
e. The net force is zero.
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6. Which of the following observations would be adequately explained by Newton's third law?
a. When turning a corner, a passenger in a car feels pushed against the door.
b. One skater pushes against another and both move off in opposite directions.
c. The Earth is held in orbit around the Sun by a gravitational force of attraction.
d. The friction of a surface causes a sliding object to come to rest.
e. A car's tires slip on an ice-covered surface.
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7. Your "weight" is properly defined as
a. the amount of material of which you are composed
b. the gravitational force which Earth exerts on you
c. the gravitational force you exert on Earth
d. the force you exert on a set of bathroom scales
e. none of the above
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8. If all other forces can be ignored and the strength of the frictional force is greater than the applied force and
oppositely directed, the object
a. could be speeding up or slowing down
b. must be speeding up
c. must be slowing down
d. could be moving with uniform motion
e. could be stopped
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9. The unit newton metre (N·m) is equivalent to
a. kg·m/s2
b. kg·m3/s2
c. kg·m2/s2
d. watt
e. kg·m/s
____ 10. The unit of work is the joule (J) which is equivalent to
a. kg·m/s2
d. watt
b. kg·m3/s2
e. kg·m2/s2
c. kg·m/s
____ 11. A roller coaster has two vertical loops one after the other. The roller coaster has a speed of 7.00 m/s at the top of
the first loop with a height of 22.2 m. It then proceeds around the second vertical loop with a height of 15.0 m.
What is the speed of the roller coaster at the top of the second vertical loop?
a. 7.00 m/s
d. 9.24 m/s
b. 13.8 m/s
e. 11.2 m/s
c. 8.40 m/s
____ 12. Consider the following wave properties:
(i)
speed
(ii) frequency
(iii) wavelength
(iv) period
Which of the above quantities does not change as a wave changes mediums?
a. (i) only
d. (i) and (iv) only
b. (ii) only
e. (ii) and (iv) only
c. (i) and (iii) only
____ 13. The change in direction of a sound wave around corners is called
a. diffraction
d. interference
b. refraction
e. resonance
c. reflection
____ 14. Sound cannot propagate in which of the following?
a. solidified air
d. ice
b. water vapour
e. perfect vacuum
c. water
____ 15. A marine biologist sends a signal into a lake from the surface. The sound strikes a school of fish and the echo
returns to the biologist 0.020 s after the original signal is sent. If the speed of sound in water at the time was 1500
m/s, then the depth at which the fish are located is approximately
a. 75 km
d. 15 m
b. 150 km
e. 150 m
c. 30 m
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____ 16. If 2.75  1019 electrons pass a point in a circuit in 30 s, the current is
a. 52 A
d. 0.15 A
b. 9.2 A
e. 1.3  102 A
c. 4.4 A
____ 17. The units used to measure charge, current, potential difference, and resistance are, respectively,
a. ampere, joule, ohm, volt
d. ampere, joule, volt, ohm
b. coulomb, ampere, volt, ohm
e. ampere, coulomb, ohm, volt
c. coulomb, ampere, ohm, watt
____ 18. A fuse is rated at 15.0 A. If it is part of a 120-V circuit, which of the following could be connected without
blowing the fuse?
a. 200-W mixer
d. any of the above, individually
b. 800-W toaster
e. none of the above
c. 1000-W hair dryer
____ 19. A load has a resistance of 20.0 . If 40.0 C of charge pass through it in 10.0 s, what is the potential difference of
the load?
a. 5.00 V
d. 8.00  102 V
b. 20.0 V
e. 8.00  103 V
c. 80.0 V
____ 20. The magnetic field lines around a bar magnet
a. cluster mostly around the N-pole
b. travel from the negative pole to the positive pole
c. leave the S-pole and travel to the N-pole
d. travel from the positive pole to the negative pole
e. none of the above
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Grade 11 Physics Review
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OBJ: 1.2
PTS: 1
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OBJ: 1.2
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PTS: 1
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PTS: 1
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PTS: 1
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PTS: 1
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PTS: 1
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PTS: 1
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PTS: 1
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