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Magnets & Currents Quiz

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 11mins

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1.

Which of the following statements about the properties of magnets is incorrect?

a)

Has a magnetic field around it

b)

Has two opposite poles - North and South

c)

Will attract magnetic materials

d)

Will attract non-magnetic materials

2.

All strongly magnetic materials contain iron, nickel, or cobalt. What is the other terminology for strong magnetic materials?

a)

Alcomax

b)

Ferromagnetics

c)

Mumetal

d)

Magnadur

3.

A student suggests three methods for demagnetizing a piece of steel.

  1. Placing it in east-west direction and hammering it hard.
  2. Placing it in east-west direction and heating it until red-hot.
  3. Removing it slowly from a coil carrying alternating current.

Which of the methods will demagnetize the piece of steel?

a)

1 only

b)

2 only

c)

3 only

d)

1, 2 and 3

4.

What is the most effective method of demagnetizing a bar magnet?

a)

Placing the magnet in a solenoid carrying a large alternating and gradually decreasing the current.

b)

Placing the magnet in a solenoid carrying a large direct current and gradually decreasing the current.

c)

Placing the magnet in a solenoid that produces a magnetic field in the opposite direction to the magnet.

d)

Placing the magnet next to an identical bar magnet with its poles in the opposite direction.

5.

Choose all the non-magnetic materials listed below.

a)

Brass

b)

Copper

c)

Nickel

d)

Cobalt

6.

Choose the correct statement (s) listed below.

a)

Magnetic field exists around magnet and exerts forces on magnetic materials in it.

b)

The magnetic field lines run from the S poles to the N poles of the magnet.

c)

Magnetic fields can be investigated using a small compass.

d)

The magnetic field is strongest where the field lines are closest together.

7.

What is the name of position x in the picture?

a)

Magnetic field

b)

Magnetic north

c)

Neutral point

d)

Magnetic south

8.

The Earth has a magnetic field. Where is the location of the Earth's magnetic S pole?

a)

South pole

b)

North pole

c)

Equator line

d)

Everywhere on Earth

9.

In the right-hand grip rule, your thumb points in the ....

a)

direction of field lines

b)

electron movement

c)

conventional current direction

d)

electric field

10.

The strength of magnetic field in a wire increases when ...

a)

the current flow increases

b)

the electric field increases

c)

there is no barrier between the wire and magnet

d)

it is close to the wire

11.

In a current-carrying coil, the magnetic field is similar to that from ...

a)

a bar magnet

b)

a U-shaped magnet

c)

a solenoid

12.

Relatively easy to magnetise but their magnetism is only temporary.

a)

Non-magnetic materials

b)

Soft magnetic materials

c)

Hard magnetic materials

d)

Ferromagnetics

13.

What is the most effective method to make a magnet?

a)

Place a magnetic material near a magnet

b)

Stroke a magnetic material using a magnet

c)

Place a magnetic material in a long coil of wire and pass a large DC

d)

Place a magnetic material in a long coil of wire and pass a large AC