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Section 6 - Magnetism and Electromagnetism P1 Flashcards

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1
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What two poles do all magnets have?

A

A north and south

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Define magnetic field:

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It’s a region where magnetic materials experience a force

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3
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What are the metals that are magnetic materials?

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  • iron
  • steel
  • nickel
  • cobalt
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4
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What are magnetic field lines used to show?

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Show the size and direction of magnetic fields

-ALWAYS POINT FROM NORTH TO SOUTH

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5
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What does placing the north and south poles of two bar magnets near each other create?

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-creates a uniform field between the two magnets

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6
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Describe a practical for how magnetic field lines can be seen using compasses:

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  • compasses and iron fillings align themselves with magnetic fields
  • can use multiple compasses to see the field lines coming out of two bar magnets
  • could use iron fillings on a piece of paper with a magnet below and you can see the field lines
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7
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What do magnets affect?

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Magnetic materials and other magnets

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8
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What do like poles do, and what do opposite poles do?

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Like poles - repel

Opposite poles - attract

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9
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What are magnetic materials attracted to?

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Both poles attract magnetic materials

  • the material acts like a magnet when it is brought near to a magnet
  • the magnetism has been induced by the original magnet
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10
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What affects induced magnetism?

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distance

-the closer the magnet and magnetic material get the stronger the induced magnetism will be

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11
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What does an electric current in a conductor produce?

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A magnetic field around it

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12
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What affects a magnetic field around an electric current flowing through a wire?

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  • larger current, stronger magnetic field

- direction of current, determines direction of magnetic field

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13
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What are the two ways magnetic materials can be described?

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soft - if it looses its magnetism quickly

hard - if it keeps its magnetism permanently

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What is an example of a soft magnetic material?

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iron

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What is an example of a hard magnetic material?

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steel

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16
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What material is used in transformers?

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iron - because for mains electricity it needs to be magnetised and demagnetised 50 times er second

17
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How can you increase the strength of a magnetic field around a solenoid?

A

By adding a soft iron core

18
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When a current-carrying wire is put between magnetic poles, what happens?

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-the two magnetic fields affect one another
-the result is a force on the wire
-this causes the wire to move
THIS CALLED THE MOTOR EFFECT

19
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What angle does a wire have to be at within two magnetic poles to experience the full force?

A

90° to the magnetic field will experience full force

  • parallel won’t experience any force
  • angles in between will feel some force
20
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What factors determine the way that the force will affect the wire between two poles?

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  • the magnetic field of the magnets

- the direction of current in the wire

21
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What factors increase the magnitude of the force that the wire will get when a current is flowing through it when it’s between two poles?

A
  • increasing the strength of the magnetic field

- increasing the amount of current flowing through the conductor

22
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What can you do to determine the direction at which the force acts from the motor effect?

A

Fleming’s left hand rule

  • use your left hand
  • point your first finger in the direction of the field
  • point your second field in the direction of the current
  • point your thumb in the direction of the force (motion)
23
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What direction does a magnetic field go?

A

From north to south

24
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What direction does current go?

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From positive to negative

25
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What factors speed up a DC electric motor?

A
  • more current
  • more turns of the coil
  • stronger magnetic field
  • a soft iron core in the centre
26
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How does a DC electric motor work?

A
  • a coil of wire is placed between a north and south pole
  • the forces act one up and the other down, it rotates
  • the split-ring commutator keeps the motor rotating in the same direction
27
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What does a split-ring commutator do?

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It swaps the contacts every half turn to keep the motor rotating in the same direction

28
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How can the direction of a DC motor be changed?

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  • swapping the polarity of the DC supply

- swapping the magnetic poles over

29
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How do loudspeakers work?

A

AC electric signals from an amplifier are fed to a coil of wire in the speaker, which is wrapped around the base of a cone

  • the coil is surrounded by a permanent magnet
  • this causes the coil to move back and forth
  • the movements cause the cone to vibrate which creates sound
30
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Define electromagnetic induction:

A

The creation of a voltage (and maybe a current) in a wire which is experiencing a change in magnetic field.

31
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What is the dynamo effect?

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Using electromagnetic induction to generate electricity using energy from kinetic energy stores is called the dynamo effect. (in a power station, this energy is provided by the turbine)

32
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What two situations do you get electromagnetic induction?

A
  • when an electrical conductor moves through a magnetic field
  • when the magnetic field goes through an electrical conductor changes
33
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How can you test the dynamo effect?

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You can test the dynamo effect by connecting an ammeter to a conductor and moving the conductor through a magnetic field (or a magnet through the conductor)
-the ammeter will show the magnitude and direction of the induced current

34
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How can you get a bigger voltage from the dynamo effect?

A

increasing. ..
- the strength of the magnet
- the number of turns of the coil
- the speed of the movement

35
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How do AC generators work?

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  • generators rotate a coil in a magnetic field
  • as the coil spins, a current is induced by the coil, this current changes direction every half turn
  • AC generators have slip rings and brushed so the contacts don’t change every turn
  • this results in the production of AC voltage
36
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What type of electricity do power stations generate?

A

AC because they use AC generators

-they just get the energy needed to turn the coil or magnetic field in different ways

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