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Worksheet 9.1
Magnetism vocabulary
1 Each of these sentences has a word or phrase underlined.
Write each sentence again, changing the underlined part to a better scientific word or phrase.
a A bar magnet has two different ends.

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b Opposite poles of magnets pull together.

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c Like poles of magnets push apart.

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d The Earth has an area of magnetism around it.

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e An electromagnet has a coil of wire around an iron part in the middle of the coil.

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2 You are given the answers to questions about magnetism, but the questions are missing.
Write one question about magnetism for each of these answers.
a they will repel

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b the electromagnet will get stronger

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c iron, steel and nickel

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d where the magnetic field lines are closer together

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e the paperclips will fall off the electromagnet

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Worksheet 9.2
Magnetism crossword
Work out the answers to these clues, then use them to complete the crossword grid on the next page.
Across

2 This must flow to make an electromagnet work. (7 letters, starts with C)

5 These can be used to test the strength of an electromagnet. (10 letters, starts with P)

6 You can change the ... of turns on the coil of an electromagnet

(6 letters, starts with N)

7 The wire that is wrapped around an electromagnet. (4 letters, starts with C)

8 The metal part on the inside of an electromagnet. (4 letters, starts with C)

9 There is a magnetic ... around the Earth. (5 letters, starts with F)

Down

1 This metal is used for making wires but cannot be magnetised. (6 letters, starts with C)

2 A magnetic ... can be used to detect magnetism. (7 letters, starts with C)

3 This is a good material for the core of an electromagnet. (4 letters, starts with I)

4 Type of magnet that uses electricity to work. (13 letters, starts with E)

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Worksheet 9.3
Correcting the passage
The passage contains some mistakes. Copy the passage, correcting the mistakes.
Underline any corrections that you make.

A bar magnet has two poles: a north pole and a north pole. A bar magnet is surrounded by an
electric field. You can draw the shape of this field by using lines that point from south to north.
The lines should always cross over each other.

If you wrap a core of wire around an iron nail, you can make a permanent magnet.
Water must flow through the wire to make the nail magnetic. When this happens,
the nail will repel paperclips.

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