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Physics in Year 10 science

Here is the ground the questions cover. Year 10 physics covers motion, Newton's laws, energy conservation and the relationships between force, mass and acceleration.

The items are tagged to the Victorian Curriculum for Year 10, so a score here reflects the standard a Year 10 class is working to, not a generic online level.

Mistakes we see most often in physics

A wrong answer is more useful than a right one if you know why it happened. In sessions with Year 10 students, these are the patterns our tutors see most:

• Energy is believed to be used up rather than transformed.
• Current is thought to be consumed in a circuit.
• Weight and mass are used interchangeably.

Each of these is fixable in a session or two once it has been named, which is why the results panel below shows the correct answer and an explanation rather than just a score.

Ways to build physics at Year 10

If the quiz shows a gap, more of the same worksheets rarely fixes it. Try these instead:

1. Draw force diagrams for everyday situations.
2. Trace energy transformations for a toaster or a bike.
3. Build circuits and measure current and voltage.

Secondary science relies on terminology and on explaining results with the right concept. Make summary notes, draw diagrams from memory and practise written explanations.

How this physics quiz works

The 10 questions are drawn from 29 eligible items on physics in our Year 10 science bank, all at the easy and at-level tiers. The selection is fixed for this address so a shared link shows the same quiz; press New set of questions or add ?seed= to the address for a different mix. Options are shuffled, no two questions share a stem, and the answer key is fetched from our server only after you submit, so it is not hidden in the page.

Use this page to answer one question well: is physics secure at Year 10 level? For the broader picture across every topic and every difficulty tier, the free Skills Check takes about fifteen minutes and produces a report a tutor walks you through.

The quiz: 10 questions

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Question 1

Physics

A skydiver reaches terminal velocity. What can we say about the forces acting on them?

There are no forces acting on them Air resistance is greater than weight Air resistance equals their weight, so net force is zero Weight is greater than air resistance

Question 2

Physics

Light travels fastest through a…

Vacuum Water Diamond Glass

Question 3

Physics

Two students debate Newton's third law. Car A (mass 800 kg) collides with stationary Car B (mass 1600 kg). Student 1 says: 'Car A exerts a larger force on Car B because it is moving.' Student 2 says: 'The forces are equal and opposite, but Car A accelerates more.' Which student is correct, and why?

Student 1 only — a moving object exerts a larger force than a stationary one. Neither student — the forces are equal but both cars accelerate equally because the forces are the same. Student 2 only — Newton's third law requires equal and opposite forces; Car A accelerates more because its mass is smaller. Both students — the force on B is larger because A is moving, and A does accelerate more.

Question 4

Physics

A student measures the speed of sound by clapping near a large wall and timing the echo. She claps, hears the echo 0.6 seconds later, and the wall is 100 metres away. She calculates the speed of sound as 100 ÷ 0.6 ≈ 167 m/s. What error has she made?

She forgot that sound travels to the wall and back, so the total distance is 200 m, giving a speed of about 333 m/s She divided distance by time correctly, but should have multiplied by 2 to account for the echo She should subtract the reaction time from 0.6 s before dividing She should have used the frequency of the clap to calculate wave speed

Question 5

Physics

Two forces act on a box: 30 N to the right and 10 N to the left. What is the net force?

20 N to the left 40 N to the left 20 N to the right 40 N to the right

Question 6

Physics

White light passing through a prism splits into a spectrum of colours. This happens because different colours of light have different:

Loudness Speeds in a vacuum Masses Amounts of bending (refraction)

Question 7

Physics

A car of mass 1000 kg accelerates uniformly from 10 m/s to 30 m/s over 8 seconds. What net force acts on the car during this time?

3750 N 4000 N 2500 N 375 N

Question 8

Physics

Which is a non-contact force?

Magnetism Air resistance Tension Friction

Question 9

Physics

Which of these is the correct formula for calculating work done?

Work = force × distance Work = mass × distance Work = force × time Work = force ÷ distance

Question 10

Physics

A 5 kg object experiences a net force of 20 N. What is its acceleration?

4 m/s² 25 m/s² 0.25 m/s² 100 m/s²

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How to read a score out of 10

9 or 10 out of 10

The easy and at-level content is secure. The useful question now is how far above the year level the student can go, which a ten-item quiz cannot show. The free Skills Check adds stretch and challenge questions on every topic so you can see the ceiling as well as the floor.

7 or 8 out of 10

Solid, with one or two specific gaps. Look at which topic the incorrect answers came from (the results panel names the weakest topic) and spend a week on that topic before re-testing with a different seed.

5 or 6 out of 10

Some core ideas are shaky. The pattern matters more than the score: two misses in the same topic is a gap; misses scattered across topics usually means reading the question too fast. Either way, the Skills Check will tell you which.

4 or fewer out of 10

Foundations from an earlier year are probably missing, which is common and fixable. Try the quiz one year level down to confirm, then talk to a tutor about a short catch-up plan rather than more of the same practice.

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