P7 magnetism and electromagnetism

Question 1

What way do the lines always go in a magnetic field

Answer 1

North to south

Question 2

Where is the magnetic field strongest

Answer 2

At the poles of the magnet

Question 3

What to forces can two magnets do

Answer 3

Attract or repel

Question 4

Give 4 examples of magnetic materials

Answer 4

Iron
Steel
Nickel
Cobalt

Question 5

What poles attract eachother

Answer 5

Opposite poles

Question 6

What poles repel each other

Answer 6

Same poles

Question 7

What shows the direction of magnetic fields

Answer 7

Compasses

Question 8

How does a compass show the directions of a magnetic field. What does it have and what do you have to do

Answer 8

Inside a compass there is a bar magnet and the compass points in the direction of the magnetic field it is in. Move a compass around a magnet and trace its position on paper to build a picture of what the magnetic field looks like

Question 9

What way does a compass when its not near a magnet and why

Answer 9

Always points north because the earth has its own magnetic field

Question 10

What does the distance of the lines in a magnetic field show

Answer 10

The closer the lines the stronger the force the further the lines the weaker the force. Lines are closer when closer to the magnet

Question 11

What are the two different types of magnet and what is the difference

Answer 11

Permenant magnet - produce their own magnetic field
Induced magnet - magnetic materials that turn into a magnet when put into a magnetic field