Delhi Public School Agra

(Under the aegis of Delhi Public School Society, East of Kailash, New Delhi)
REVISION WORKSHEET GRADE – VI SUBJECT – SCIENCE
TOPIC: FUN WITH MAGNETS

Answer the following:

1. How will you test that ‘tea dust’ is not adulterated with iron powder?
2. Boojho dipped a bar magnet in a heap of iron filings and pulled it out. He found that iron filings got stuck
to the magnet as shown in figure.

(i) Which regions of the magnet have more iron filings sticking to it?
(ii)What are these regions called?
3. A toy car has a bar magnet laid hidden inside its body along its length. Using another magnet i how will
you find out which pole of the magnet is facing the front of the car?
4. You are provided with two identical metal bars. , One out of the two is a magnet. Suggest two ways to
identify the magnet.
5. Describe the steps involved in magnetising an iron strip with the help of a magnet.
6. How should two-bar magnets be kept?
7. Hang a bar magnet with a thread on a stand and rotate the base of stand. What will happen?
8. Why is compass needle kept in a closed glass vessel?
9. Write any four properties of a magnet.

Fill in the blanks:

1. When a bar magnet is broken; each of the broken part will have _________ pole/poles.
2. In a bar magnet, magnetic attraction is _____ near its ends.
3. The south pole of the earth’s magnet is near the geographical _______________ pole.
4. A compass needle always points in ______________ directions.

Give one word:

1. Area around the magnet in which its magnetism can be felt.
2. A magnetic material.
3. Place of discovery of magnet.
4. The property of magnet that helps to find directions.
5. Sure test for magnetism.

Choose the correct option:

1. North pole of a magnet can be identified by ___________.
(a) Another magnet having its poles marked as North pole and South pole.
(b) Another magnet no matter whether the poles are marked or not.
(c) Using an iron bar.
(d) Using iron filings.

2. A bar magnet is immersed in a heap of iron filings and pulled out. The amount of iron filing clinging to the
_____________.
(a) North pole is almost equal to the south pole. (b) North pole is much more than the south pole.
(c) North pole is much less than the south pole. (d) Magnet will be same all along its length.

3. The magnetic properties of a magnet cannot be destroyed by ____________.

(a) hammering (b) heating (c) dropping on a hard surface (d) boiling

4. Which two ends of a magnet are called magnetic poles?

(a) North pole (b) South pole (c) North and south pole (d) Self demagnetisation