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Magnetic Forces and Fields

Magnet with iron filings showing magnetic field lines

📚 Part 1: Multiple Choice & True/False

1. What is a magnet?

A material that can attract all metals

A material that can attract certain metals like iron, nickel, and cobalt

A material that only works when electricity flows through it

A material that repels all other materials

2. What happens when two like magnetic poles are brought together?

They attract each other

They repel each other

Nothing happens

They lose their magnetism

3. True or False: Opposite magnetic poles attract each other.

True

False

4. Where is the magnetic field strongest around a bar magnet?

At the centre of the magnet

At the poles of the magnet

Equally strong everywhere

The magnetic field is invisible so we cannot tell

🔍 Part 2: Material Classification

5. Classify the following materials as magnetic or non-magnetic. Tick all the MAGNETIC materials:

Iron nail

Plastic ruler

Aluminium can

Steel paperclip

Wooden pencil

Nickel coin

Glass bottle

Cobalt

6. A student brings a magnet close to various objects. Predict what will happen in each case:

a) Magnet approaches an iron nail: _________________________________

b) Magnet approaches a plastic bottle: _____________________________

c) North pole of magnet approaches north pole of another magnet: _______________________

d) South pole of magnet approaches north pole of another magnet: _______________________

✏️ Part 3: Short Answer Questions

7. Explain why a magnet can pick up a steel paperclip but not an aluminium can, even though both are metals.
8. Describe what happens to the strength of a magnetic field as you move further away from the magnet. Give a real-world example to support your answer.
9. A compass needle always points north. Using your knowledge of magnetic poles, explain why this happens.
10. Draw a simple diagram showing the magnetic field lines around a bar magnet. Label the north and south poles.

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