The Oratory Preparatory Sch
@4. Alex makes an electromagnet.
She winds insulated wire around an iron nal
She connects the wire to a power supply.
She uses the electromagnet to pick up some steel paper-clips.
This is her prediction.
[The more turns of wire around the iron nail the stronger
{the electromagnet becomes.
(2) (i) Give the one factor she should change as she investigates her prediction
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(li) Give one factor she should keep the same.
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(iii) Describe how she could use the paper-clips to measure the
strength of the electromagnet
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Page 7(6) Alex wrote a report of her investigation.
My report,
My results are accurate because 1 can't see any odd
results
What wauld an odd result suggest?
41 mark
(c) (i) Which size paper-clips wauld Alex use to make her results more
accurate?
Tick the correct box.
Z% od Sf
41 mark
(i) Give a reason for your choice.
1 mark
maximum 6 marks
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