Beaconhouse School System

Bahria Enclave Campus Islamabad

Reinforcement Unit : Forces and Magnetism
Q1. Complete the following statement.
A. Forces that are equal in magnitude but act in opposite directions are _____________ forces.
B. Forces that are unequal in magnitude are _________________ forces.
C. The ____________ is a force exerted in downward direction because of gravity.
D. The force exerted by ground in reaction to weight of an object is ________________.
E. ________________ is exerted by water or air on the object in reaction to weight.
F. When an object floats its _______________ is balanced by ______________.
G. The turning effect of a force is _________________.
H. Moment of force = __________ * distance from pivot
I. The area around a magnet in which it exerts magnetic force is ____________.
J. If a current is passed through a coil of wire and it attracts a magnetic substance, then the
coil will be an ___________.
Q2. Draw two forces acting on the book.

a. Are the forces balanced or unbalanced?

b. Explain your answer.

Q3. Mention three effects of an unbalanced force.

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Q4. Sam and Shakira made an electromagnet as shown.

Their teacher asked them to plan an experiment to answer this question.

She tells them that they can test the strength of their magnets by measuring the mass of
iron filings that they pick up.
The diagram shows the changes that Sam and Shakira make to their magnets when they
begin their experiment.

a. Explain why Sam’s experiment will not answer the teacher’s question.
b. These are the results that Shakira writes down. She writes them in the order that she
collected them.

number of 5 10 15 20 25 30
coils

mass of 2 6 23 18 22 25
iron filings
in grams

(i) Describe the pattern in Shakira’s results.

(ii) In the results chart, draw a circle around the result that does not fit the pattern. [1]
(iii) Suggest one way in which Shakira could make her results more reliable.

Q5. Name the three factors that can increase the strength of a magnet.

Q6. Complete the sentence.

Choose from the list.
 ● both the south pole and the north pole
● neither pole
● only the north pole
● only the south pole
An iron nail is attracted to ________________ of a magnet.
Q7. Mike and Oliver sit on a see-saw.

Mike is smaller than Oliver but the see-saw balances.

State the principle of moment.
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Explain why it balances, using the principle of moments.
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Calculating moment of force:

Practice online worksheet
https://www.liveworksheets.com/w/en/science/854766