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Supplementary Exercise 7

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1. Shirley puts three bar magnets into a glass test tube.
One of the magnets floats in the test tube.
Which bar is which? Complete the line below.
The north pole of the bottom magnet is labeled.
Label all the other poles of the three magnets.
Bar A is ______________________
Bar B is ______________________
Bar C is ______________________
Bar D is ______________________

3. The diagram shows a magnet being brought close to a piece of steel.

The piece of steel is repelled by the magnet.


2. A, B, C and D are an aluminium bar, an unmagnetised iron bar and two bar
Is this piece of steel a magnet? Explain your answer.
magnets.
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Tests are performed to find out which bar is which.
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Each row below shows what happens when two of the bars are placed end
to end.
4. The diagram shows a magnet A and its magnetic field.

A B repel

C
attract (a) What do the letters N and S indicate?

N : ___________________ S :__________________
(b) Choose the magnetic materials from the list 6. A small compass is placed near the center of a bar magnet.
Wood Gold
Aluminuim Steel
Iron Copper

N S
(c) Another magnet B is placed close to magnet A as shown in the diagram.

Complete the diagram by drawing the direction in which the compass


N S N S needle point.

7. Complete the diagram by drawing the magnetic field pattern.

State how the two magnets will affect each other.

____________________________________________________________ N S

(d) Complete the diagram by drawing the magnetic field pattern between
the two magnets.

5. Describe one method of magnetizing a steel rod.


____________________________________________________________ S N N S

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