CHAPTER 8 The geomagnetic field Ans: makes a compass work.

compass work. Geomagnetic lines of flux Ans: are horizontal at the geomagnetic equator. A material that can be permanently magnetized is generally said to be Ans: ferromagnetic. The force between a magnet and a piece of ferromagnetic metal that has not been magnetized Ans: is never be repulsive. The presence of a magnetic field can always be attributed to Ans: motion of electric charge carriers. Lines of magnetic flux are said to origniate Ans: at a north magnetic pole. The magnetic flux around a straight, current-carrying wire Ans: is strongest near the wire. The gauss is a unit of Ans: magnetic flux density A unit of overall magnetic field quantity is the Ans: Maxwell. Which of the following can occur during a geomagnetic storm? Ans: More than one above can occur. An ac electromagnet Ans: attracts pure, unmagnetized iron. An advantage of an electromaganet over a permanent magnet is a fact that Ans: an electromagnet can be switched on and off. A substance with high retentivity Ans: is well suited to making a permanent magnet. Suppose a relay is connected into a circuit so that a device gets a signal only when the relay coil carries current. The relay is Ans: normally open. A device that repeatedly reverses the polarity of a magnetic field in order to keep a dc motor rotating is known as Ans: A commutator. A high tape-recorder motor speed is generally used for Ans: video recording and playback.

An advantage of a magnetic disk, compared with magnetic tape, for data storage and retrieval is that Ans: data can be stored and retrieved more quickly with disks than tapes. A magnetic hard disk is usually part of Ans: A computer.