IGCSE MAGNETISM WORKSHEET

QUESTION 1

Place a bar magnet under the cardboard.

Sprinkle some iron filling on the top of the cardboard.

Afterwards, gently tap the cardboard.

As a result, the iron filling will align according to the magnetic field lines.

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QUESTION 2

Iron can be magnetized or demagnetized easily since it is a soft magnetic material.

The circuit becomes incomplete and the it losses it magnetism

QUESTION 3

In the first diagram, the poles of the two coils facing each other are opposite and therefore they
attract each other
in the second diagram the poles of the poles of the 2 cils facing each other are the same and therefore
like poles repel each other.
the force arises due to the interaction of the two magnetic field of the coils.
QUESTION 4

when the current flows through the coils, the rods become magnetised

the rod have same poles facing each other hence they repel.

The metal rods are made up from a soft magnetic material such as iron

because they can be easily magnetised