SEM-2 worksheets

Class : 8th Sub: Science

Syllabus: Kinematics, Dynamics, Reproduction in animals, Chemical effects of electric

current, Light, Microorganisms friend and foe, Cell structure and its function, Metals and
nonmetals, Magnetism

1.Kinematics
1. (a) Define speed. What is the SI unit of speed?
(b) What is meant by
(i) average speed? (ii)uniform speed ?
2. a) Differentiate between speed and velocity.
b) Give any two examples of scalar and vector.
3. a) Write any 3 differences between ‘distance traveled’ by a body and its displacement?

b) Represent distance and displacement with the help of diagrams.

4. A body travels a distance 3 km towards east, then 4 km towards east, then 4 km
towards north and finally 9 km towards east. What is the total distance Traveled?
5. a) David walks 3 km north, then turns and walks 4 km east. Find distance and
displacement of David.Express your answer in meters.
b) Ramu started from home and reached school and he returned back home.
What is his displacement ?
6. a) Anthony walks to the pizza place for lunch. He walked 1 km east, then 1 km
south and then 1 km east again. What distance did he cover?
b) An athlete is participating in a relay running race. He completed 3 revolutions
and reached the starting point. What is his displacement?
7. Which of the following are not correct? Give reasons for each.
(i) The basic unit of time is second.
(ii) every object moves with a constant speed.
(iii) distances between two cities are measured in kilometers.
(iv) the time period of a given pendulum is not constant.
(v) the speed of a train is expressed in m/h.
8. What is the other name of negative acceleration?
9. State whether velocity is a scalar quantity or a vector quantity.
10. What name is given to the speed in a specified direction?
11. Name the physical quantity obtained by dividing ‘distance traveled’ by’
time taken’ .
12. A skater increases her velocity from 2 m/s to 10m/s in 3 seconds. What is the
skater’s acceleration?

13. Define the following terms

(a)Displacement (b) average velocity
 (c) acceleration (d)Instantaneous velocity (e)average speed.
14. A car is moving on a straight road with uniform acceleration.
The following table gives the speed of the car at various instants of time.
Speed (m/s) : 5 10 15 20 25 30
Time (s) : 0 10 20 30 40 50
(i) Calculate the acceleration of the car at each time interval.
(ii) Calculate the distance traveled by the car in 50 seconds.
15. Write the formula for acceleration. Give the meaning of each symbol
which occurs in it.
16. Write the formula to calculate the speed of a body moving along a straight path.
Explain the terms involved in the formula.
17. The displacement of a moving object in a given interval of time is zero.
Would the distance traveled by the object also be zero? Justify your answer.
18. A bus has traveled 120 km in 12 hours and 25 km in 2.5 hours. Calculate two
different speeds and prove that the bus is traveling at constant speed at the two
time intervals?
19. Determine the acceleration of a coaster which moves with a velocity
of 10 m/s after 2s its velocity is increased to 26m/s.

20. Calculate the speed of a Dog running through a field if it is covering 25 meters
in 50 seconds .
2.Dynamics
1. State Newton’s first law of motion.
2. What will happen to the pile of coins when one of the coins is moved out
quickly?
3. If an elephant were chasing you, its enormous mass would be most threatening.
But if you zigzagged, its mass would be to your advantage. Give a reason.
4. If a bus starts suddenly, the passengers in the bus will tend to move
backwards why?
5. Define momentum. What are its units?
6. What differences did you notice in these two figures and why?

7. Why can a long jumper jump on sand but cannot on a cement floor?
8. Calculate the momentum of a bullet of 25g when it is fired from a gun with a
velocity of 100m/s.
9. Identify the law by seeing the given picture and state it.
10. Why do actions and reactions not cancel each other?
11. How much force is Mike applying to the car?
.

12. What changes did you notice when the egg is dropped on the floor and
on the pillow?

13. Define acceleration. State SI unit of acceleration

14. In which direction the gun moves, when the bullet is fired from it. Give reason.
15. On what factors does the inertia of a body depend ? Which has more inertia , a
cricket ball or a rubber ball of the same size ?
16. The mass of object A is 6 kg where that of another object B is 34 kg. Which of
 the two objects A or B has more inertia ?
17. State Newton's second law and give the relation between acceleration ,
mass and force.
18. Calculate the force needed to speed up a car with a rate of 5m/s2,
if the mass of the car is 1000kg.
19. What will be the momentum of a stone having mass of 10 kg when it is thrown
with a velocity of 2m/s?
20. a) Explain why a cricket player moves his hands backwards while
catching a fast cricket ball.
b) Calculate the change in momentum of a body weighing 5 kg when its
velocity decreases from 20 m/s to 0.2 m/s.
21. Give reasons
a. What is the reason for the recoil of the gun?
b. What is the reason for a (cracker) rocket shooting up into the sky when fired?
c. A coin is placed on a cardboard which covers a wide mouthed bottle. When the
cardboard is flicked away with the finger sharply the coin drops into the bottle
why?
22. a) State Newton’s second law of motion. Give the formula of force mention
its units in SI and CGS systems.
b) If the mass of a body and the force acting on it are both doubled,
what happens to the acceleration ?
23.. (a) Why does an athlete run fast before taking a long jump?
(b) If a man jumps out from a boat, why does the boat move backwards?
24. Give one word for the following.
i) Tendency of a body to oppose any change in its state of rest or uniform motion.
ii) The quantity of motion possessed by a moving body.
iii) Product of mass and acceleration.
iv) Physical quantity which causes or tends to cause motion in an object at rest or
changes or tends to change the direction of motion of a moving object or the
shape or size of the object.

25. Identify the action and reaction forces in the given pictures.
 3. Chemical Effects of Electric Current
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
1. An electric current can produce
(a) heating effect (b) chemical effect
(c) magnetic effect (d) chemical, heating and magnetic effects
2. Boojho and Paheli performed experiments taking similar bulbs and cells but two
different solutions A and B as shown in the

figure.

They found that the bulb in the set up A glows more brightly as compared to that of the
set up B. what you would conclude?

3. Boojho’s uncle has set up an electroplating factory near his village. He should
dispose off, the waste of the factory
(a) in the nearby river (b) in the nearby pond
(c) in the nearby corn field
(d) according to the disposal guidelines of the local authority
4. When electric current is passed through a conducting solution, there is a change
of color of the solution. This indicates
(a) the chemical effect of current (b) the heating effect of current
(c) the magnetic effect of current (d) the lightning effect of current
5. Which one of the following solutions will not conduct electricity?
(a) Lemon juice (b) Vinegar
(c) Tap water (d) Vegetable oil
6. Which of the following metals is used in electroplating to make objects appear
shining?
(a) Iron (b) Copper
(c) Chromium (d) Aluminum
7. Which of the following solutions will not make the bulb glow ?
(a) Sodium chloride (b) Copper sulphate
(c) Silver nitrate (d) Sugar solution in diluted water
Very Short Answer Type Questions
8. Fill in the blanks.
(i) The object to be electroplated is taken as……electrode.
(ii)One of the most common applications of the chemical effect of
electric current is……….
(iii)Small amount of mineral salt present naturally in water makes
it a……of electricity.
(iv)Electroplating of……is done on objects like water taps and cycle bells to give
them a shiny appearance.
9. Why is a layer of zinc coated over iron?

10. Will the solution of sugar in distilled water conduct electricity?

11. Name the effect of current responsible for the glow of the bulb in an

electric circuit.

Short Answer Type Questions

12. Boojho made the circuit and observed that the bulb did not glow. On Paheli’s
suggestion, he added one more cell in the circuit. The bulb now glows. Explain.
13. Paheli set up an experiment using liquid A in the beaker . She observed that the bulb
glows. Then, she replaced liquid A with another liquid B. This time the bulb did not
glow. Boojho suggested replacing the bulb with an LED. They observed that the LED
glows. Explain.
14. Paheli wants to deposit silver on an iron spoon. She took silver nitrate (AgNO3 )
solution in a beaker and set up a simple circuit for electroplating. Which terminal of
the battery should the spoon be connected to? What material should the other
electrode be made of?
15. Why is tin electroplated on iron to make cans used for storing food?
16. An electric current is passed through a conducting solution. List any
three possible observations.
17. Current does not flow in the circuit, if there is a gap between the two wires.
Does it indicate that air is a poor conductor of electricity? Does air never conduct
electricity? Explain.
18. Boojho made the circuit. He wanted to observe what happens when an electric
current is passed through water. But he forgot to add a few drops of lemon juice to
water. Will it make any difference to his observations? Explain
19. Observing that the bulb does not glow in the circuit shown in Fig. 14.11 A, Boojho
changed the circuit as shown in Fig 14.11 B. He observed deflection in the magnetic
compass.
 (i) What does the deflection in the magnetic compass indicate?
(ii) Why did the bulb not glow in Fig.14.11 A?
(iii) What would be the effect of an increase in the number of turns in the coil
wound around the magnetic compass in Fig. 14.11B?
(iv) What will be observed if the number of cells are increased in the circuit shown
in Fig. 14.11B?
20. You are provided with a magnetic compass, an empty matchbox, a battery of two
cells and connecting wires. Using these objects, how will you make a tester for testing
an electric circuit? Draw the necessary circuit diagram and explain.

21. Fill in the blanks

(a) The object to be electroplated is taken as ____________ electrode

(b) One of the most common applications of chemical effect of electric

current is ______________

(c) Small amount of a mineral salt present naturally in water makes

it a______________ of electricity

(d) Electroplating of ______________ is done on objects like water taps and

cycle bells to give them a shiny appearance.
 4. Reproduction in animals
1 Mark questions:

1. Define reproduction and fertilization

2. What is metamorphosis? Give examples.
3. What is meant by ovulation?
4. Name a unicellular and multicellular animal which can reproduce by asexual
methods.
5. Mention among external fertilization or internal fertilization which one is
beneficial. Give one reason.

2 Mark questions:

1. a)Distinguish between ovum and sperm

b)Distinguish between oviparous and viviparous
2. Draw a labeled diagram of human sperm ?
3. Describe the modes of reproduction
4. What is IVF? Mention the advantage of it .
5. Hens and frogs are both oviparous exhibiting different types of
fertilization,explain
4 Mark questions:
1. Observe the figure given and answer the questions that follow.
a. Label the parts A & B
b. Identify the process.
c. What happens during the process and what is formed?
2. How is reproduction in hydra different from Amoeba? Explain.
3. Explain the female reproductive system with a neat labeled diagram
4. Explain male reproductive system with a neat labeled diagram.
5. (a) Name the different stages of the frog.
(b) In what way is tadpole different from adult frogs?
(c) Name the process involved in it .
 5.Micro organisms: Friend and Foe- worksheet
1. Which of the following reproduces only inside a host cell?
(a) Bacteria (b) Virus
(c) Amoeba (d) Fungus
2. A disease in human beings caused by virus is
(a) typhoid (b) influenza
(c) dysentery (d) cholera
3. Pathogenic microorganisms present in host cells are killed by medicines called
(a) pain killer (b) antibodies
(c) antibiotics (d) vaccines
4. The two microorganisms which live in symbiotic association in lichens are
(a) fungus and protozoa (b) algae and bacteria
(c) bacteria and protozoa (d) algae and fungus
5. The gas released during the preparation of bread is
(a) oxygen (b) carbon dioxide
(c) nitrogen (d) sulphur dioxide

6. The disease caused by a protozoan and spread by an insect is

(a) dengue (b) malaria
(c) polio (d) measles
7. Paheli dug two pits, A and B, in her garden. In pit A, she put a polythene bag
packet with some agricultural waste. In pit B, she dumped the same kind of waste
but without packing it in a polythene bag. She then covered both the pits with soil.
What did she observe after a month?
(a) Waste in pit A degraded faster than that in pit B
(b) Waste in pit B degraded faster than that in pit A
(c) Waste in both pits degraded almost equally
(d) Waste in both pits did not degrade at all
Very Short Answer Type Questions
8. Unscramble the jumbled words underlined in the following statements.
(a) Cells of our body produce santiidobe to fight pathogens.
(b) Curbossulite is an air-borne disease caused by a bacterium.
(c) Xanrhat is a dangerous bacterial disease.
(d) Yeasts are used in the wine industry because of their property of
meronettinaf.
9. Suggest a suitable word for each of the following statements.
(a) Chemicals added to food to prevent growth of microorganisms.
(b) Nitrogen-fixing microorganisms present in the root nodules of legumes.
(c) Agent which spreads pathogens from one place to another.
(d) Chemicals which kill or stop the growth of pathogens.
10. Match the names of scientists given in Column I with the discovery made
by them given in Column II.

a) Louis pasteur (i)penicillin antibiotic

b) Robert Koch (ii) identification of the causing agent of anthrax.
(c)Edward Jenner (iii) fermentation in 1857
(d)Alexander Fleming (iv)vaccine for smallpox in1798.
11. Name one commercial use of yeast.
12. Name the process in yeast that converts sugars into alcohol.
13. Preservatives are used in the kitchen on a daily basis. List a few of them.
14. Why should we avoid standing close to a tuberculosis patient while
he/she is coughing?
15. Polio drops are not given to children suffering from diarrhea.
Why?
16. Paheli watched grandmother making mango pickle. After she bottled the pickle,
her grandmother poured oil on top of the pickle before closing the lid. Paheli
wanted to know why oil was poured? Can you help her understand
why?
17. Classify the following into friendly and harmful micro organisms. Yeast, malarial
parasite, Lactobacillus, bread mould, Rhizobium, Bacillus anthracis.
18. While returning from the school, Boojho ate chaat from a street hawker. When he
reached home, he felt ill and complained of stomachache and fell ill. What could be
the reason?
19. What will happen to ‘pooris’ and ‘unused kneaded out' if they are left in the open
for a day or two?
20. (a) Name two diseases that are caused by viruses.
(b) Write one important characteristic of virus
21. Observe the figure and answer the questions that follow.
(a) Write the name of the disease.
(b) Name the causative agent of this disease?
(c) How does the disease spread from one plant to another?
(d) Name any two plant diseases and the microbes that cause them.
22. How do vaccines work?
23. Observe the figure and answer the following questions.
a. Name the microorganism and the group to which it belongs.
b. Name the food item on which the organism grows.
c. Does it grow well in dry or in moist conditions?
d. Is it safe to eat infected bread?

24. Give reasons for the following.

(a). Fresh milk is boiled before consumption while processed milk is stored in
packets and can be consumed without boiling.
(b). Raw vegetables and fruits are kept in refrigerators, whereas jams and pickles
can be kept outside.
(c) Farmers prefer to grow beans and peas in nitrogen deficient soils.
(d). Mosquitoes can be controlled by preventing stagnation of water though
they do not live in water. Why?

25. How can we prevent the following diseases?

(a) Cholera (b) Typhoid (c). Hepatitis-A

6.LIGHT
1) Imagine a person is in a dark room, will he be able to see any object which is
kept inside the room and any other object which is kept out of the room?
2) Write down the difference between diffused and regular reflection. Will the
laws of reflection fail in the case of diffused reflection?
3) Write alongside the following statements and give reason to whether the
reflection is regular or a diffused reflection and what will appear when light
touches the surface.
a) Surface of the Cardboard – b)Paper Pieces-
c) Polish wooden table – d) Mirror –
 e) Chalk powder –
f) Ceramic floor which has been mopped recently –

4) What are “laws of reflection”?

5) Elaborate experiment to justify that the reflected ray, the incident ray,
and the normal ray lie in the same plane at the point of incidence.

6) Fill the blanks with appropriate words:

a) When you see in the dull light, then the pupil’s size becomes____.
b) In the plane mirror person seems to be___ m away, if he is standing 1m away.
c) Night birds have_____ cones than rods in their eyes.
d) If you hold your ______ ear with your right hand standing ahead of a plane
mirror, it will be seen in the mirror that your right ear is holding
with your _______.

7) The angle of reflection and the angle of incidence are equal.

a) Sometimes b) always
c) never d) Under special conditions
8) An image formed by the plane mirror is
a) Virtual, behind the mirror and of the same size as the object.
b) Real, behind the mirror and of the same size as the object.
c) Virtual, behind the mirror and enlarged
d) Real at the surface of the mirror and enlarged.
9) Elaborate the construction of a kaleidoscope:
10) Draw and label the diagram of the human eye.
11) Avatar wants to perform an activity using a laser torch but his teacher advised him
not to do so. Can you explain the basis of the teacher’s advice?How can Avatar
take care of his eyes? Explain.
12) If the reflected ray is at the angle of 90o to the incident ray, then what is the angle
of incidence of a ray?
13) If a candle is placed between two parallel plane mirrors separated by 40 cm, how
many images will be formed?
14) (a) Find out the position of the image of an object situated at A in the
plane mirror Fig.
(b) Can Paheli at B see this image?
(c) Can Boojho at C see this image?
(d) When Paheli moves from B to C, where does the image of A move?
15. Name the part of the eye which performs the below functions.
a. Which controls the amount of light entering the eye.
b. Which help to identify colours.
c. Which carries the image to the brain.

16. Explain the process which enable us to perceive motion in a cartoon film (und)
17. a) What is lateral inversion? Explain with the help of an example.
b) why ‘AMBULANCE’ word written reverse (ecnalubma) in the vehicle?

18. Draw a diagram to show the reflection of light from a plane mirror.
Label the following on the diagram.
a. Plane mirror
b. Incident ray
c. Reflected ray
d. Normal
e. Angle of incidence
f. Angle of reflection

19. What makes things visible to us? Why can't we see a book which is placed
a. Behind a wooden screen
b. In a dark room?

20. What are the characteristics of the image formed by a plane mirror
21. What is eye defect? What are the common defects of vision?
How can we correct them?
22. Complete the word bank with the help of clues given below

.
Across
4. Bouncing back of light into the same medium
5. A part in the eye acts as a screen
6. A person cannot see the far distant objects clearly
Down
1. Splitting of light into seven colours
2. A person cannot see nearby objects clearly
3. Bending of light
23. Boojho while waving his hand very fast in front of his eyes, observes that his
fingers appear blurred. What could be the reason for it?
24. An owl can see clearly at night but not day time. Give the reason for it.

25. What is the dispersion of light and spectrum? How many colors do we observe in
the spectrum? What are they?

7. Cell structure and function

1. Write short notes on the following
a) Cytoplasm b) Nucleus of a cell
2) Which part of the cell contains organelles?

3) Where are chromosomes found in a cell? State their function.

4) ’Cells are the basic structural units of living organisms’. Explain.

5) Explain why chloroplasts are found only in plant cells.

6) What are unicellular and multicellular organisms? Give some examples of each.
7) State the similarities and differences between animal cell and plant cell.
8) Draw and label the parts of the animal cell.
9) The size or the number of cells does not determine the size of an organism.
However, do you think the shape of the nerve cells of an organism is related to its
function? Justify your answer.
10) Why is a cell wall present only in plant cells?
11) Do you think it is right to say that living beings are made up of cells, while non-
living things are made of atoms and molecules? Support your answer.
12) “Small cells work better than large cells”. Is it true or false? Justify.
13) Cells are in different shapes. Justify this statement by drawing five different cells of
different shapes.
14) Make a sketch of the human nerve cell. What function do nerve cells perform?
15) Read the following statements and write the appropriate term against each
statement.
A. I control the functions of a cell. Who am I? ...................
B. I am like a policeman. I do not allow anything and everything to get in and out of
the cell. Who am I? ...................
C. I transfer characters from parents to offspring. Who am I? ...................
16) An elephant is much bigger than a rat . Does that mean an elephant cell will be larger
than a rat's cell ?
17. Write the function of vacuole in plant cells?
18. State two main functions of cell membrane.
19. Identify the cell and label it

20. Fill the following blanks –

a. The porous membrane that allows the movement of materials both inward and
outward from the cells is_______.
b. The porous membrane that allows the movement of materials between the
cytoplasm and inside of the nucleus is _________
c. The cells, like onion cells and cheek cells are example of _____cells
d. ____controls the transfer of a hereditary characteristic from parents to offspring

e. The plastids responsible for the green color of leaves are ________.

21. What do you mean by an organelle?How many types of organelles are present in a
plant cell. Write about any two of them?
22. Which organism is more efficient in its functioning—unicellular or multicellular?
Why?
23. What would happen if animals had a cell wall?
24. Why plant cells need cell walls?
25. Shyam being very inquisitive, didn’t listen to the teacher’s instructions properly. He
took a thin layer of onion peel with a drop of water on the glass slide. He placed the
coverslip on it and started observing the slide under a microscope. But he was unable
to see the cells of onion peel properly.
• What do you think he might have forgotten?
• What is the function of a dye?
• What values do you get from the above incidence?
 8.Metals and nonmetals
2M questions
1. What are the physical properties of metals?
2. Name the metal and nonmetal that are found in liquid state at room temperature.
3. Why are sodium and potassium stored in kerosene?
4. What happens when a solution of metal oxide is tested with
(i) blue litmus paper and
(ii) red litmus?
5. What do you mean by soft metal? Name two soft metals.
6. A doctor prescribed a tablet to a patient suffering from iron deficiency. The tablet
does not look like iron. Explain.

3M Questions
1. What are metals? What are its uses?
2. We should not store food stuff in a container which is made up of metals such as
copper, zinc, aluminium,etc. Give reason
3. What happens when magnesium ribbon is burnt in air? How will you test its
acidic/basic nature?
4. Paheli bought a statue made up of copper. To her surprise, it acquired a dull green
coating after a couple of months.Give the reason.
5. The doctor reported iron deficiency in the body. Where is iron present in our body?

6. Fill in the blanks to complete the following paragraph.

The name of the product formed in the reaction of sulphur and _____________ is
sulphur dioxide gas. When sulphur dioxide is dissolved in_________________,
sulphurous acid is formed. The sulphurous acid turns _____________ litmus paper to
____________. Generally oxides of __________ are acidic in nature. After completing
the paragraph write two questions which you can raise on the basis of this
information.
4M Questions
1. What are the physical properties of metals and non metals ? Explain them in detail.
2. Metals are malleable and ductile. They possess such properties which make them
useful for a number of purposes, e.g in making coins, jewellery,electric wires,etc. For
different requirements, different metals are used. It depends on the nature of metals.
Now give the answer to the following questions.
a) Give two reasons why gold is used in making jewellery?
b) If you have to select the metal among copper, aluminium and silver for the
transmission of electricity, which one would you prefer and why?
c) Between silver and copper, which is the better conductor of heat?
d) Generally , silver foils are used for the decoration of sweets. Are they harmful
for us? If yes, then in what manner?
3. Shika bought a new iron container and kept blue copper sulphate solution in it. Next
day, she found that the blue color of copper sulphate solution fades and the iron
container becomes porous. She went to the shopkeeper and complained that the iron
container is not of good quality. But the shopkeeper argued that the container is of
good quality and he is not giving her money back. By chance, her friend Mohan
came there and asked the matter, and said that the container is of good quality and
you have kept the wrong substances in it, so fault is all yours.
On the basis of the above passage answer the following questions
a) Why does the container become porous when blue copper sulphate solution
is kept in it?
b) What qualities are exhibited by Mohan?

4. Aluminum is one of the most widely used metals. It is used for various purposes like
in making automobile parts,electrical wires,utensils,toys,household articles
Etc. It is also used for welding broken parts of iron machinery.
Now , give the answer to the following questions
a) Iron and aluminum both react with oxygen.
Why is aluminum considered better than iron for a number of purposes?
b) Give two examples where you have seen the use of aluminium foils.
c) Why is aluminium used in making cooking utensils?

5. Corrosion is a serious problem. Every year an enormous amount of money is

spent to replace damaged iron. What steps can be taken to prevent this damage?

6. Some of the following statements are incorrect. Find the incorrect statements and
correct them.
a)The property of metals by virtue of which they can be drawn into wires is called
ductility.
b) Metals are good conductors of electricity but poor conductors of heat.
c) Articles made of metals produce a ringing sound when struck hard.
d) Oxides of non-metals and metals are acidic in nature.
e) A less reactive metal replaces a more reactive metal from its salt solution in water.
 9. MAGNETISM

1. Define magnet?
2. What are the different types of magnets ? show them with diagrams?
3. Write any four uses of magnets in our daily life.
4. Write in detail about the properties of magnets.
5. What happens if a natural magnet is brought near magnetic substances like
iron,steel?
6. How can we magnetize a steel bar by using
(a) single touch method
(b) Double touch method (c)Electrical method
7. What is an electromagnet ?What are its applications?
8. What are the differences between a bar magnet and electromagnet?
9. How can we reduce the power of a magnet? What is the process called?
10. Why do refrigerator doors of refrigerators have weak magnetic strips?
11. What will happen when a magnet is brought near a compass?
Draw the magnetic fields for the following

13. Isolated magnetic poles do not exist. How can you prove this?
14. “ Magnetic lines of force do not intersect. Justify your answer.
15. Induction method is better than the electrical method of magnetization.
True or false? Justify your answer.
16. If we take a magnet and sprinkle some iron filings on it. Then what can we observe?
17. Earth is a big magnet ?justify your answer
18. a) Is a natural magnet stronger than an artificial magnet. If not give a reason?
b) Which method is used in making a strong magnet.
19. What is magnetite?
20. List six things in your home or classroom that are made of metal and that are
non magnetic.
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