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P6 electromagnetism revision

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 1hrs 19mins

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Class
Date
1.

This picture best illustrates the construction of a(n)

a)

magnet

b)

electromagnet

c)

series circuit

d)

parallel circuit

2.
How do you make an electromagnet stronger?
a)
Add a motor and/or lightbulbs
b)
Add more light bulbs and/or wire coils
c)
add more wire coils and/or a switch
d)
add more wire coils and/or batteries
3.
What is true about electricity and magnetic fields?
a)
Electricity is needed to create any magnet.
b)
Electricity always creates a magnetic field.
c)
Electricity is stronger than a magnetic field.
d)
Electricity prevents magnetic fields from occurring.
4.
This is a picture of a simple electromagnet. How can the electromagnet be made stronger?
a)
Add more coils of wire to the nail.
b)
Use a smaller battery.
c)
Reverse the poles of the magnet.
d)
Remove all the coils and the nail.
5.
A compass needle responds to a magnetic field, because the compass needle is a
a)
A. generator.
b)
B. motor.   
c)
C. magnet.
d)
D. transformer.
6.

What is magnetic force?

a)

A force exerted by electrically charged particles

b)

A force exerted by magnets that can be felt by objects near a magnet

c)

A force exerted by magnets that makes an object become electrically charged

d)

A force exerted by a magnet only when it physically touches an object

7.

Which of the following is not a good conductor?

a)

Copper

b)

Silver

c)

Aluminium

d)

Plastic

8.

Particles with opposite charges ____________ and particles with same (or like) charges ____________.

a)

attract, repel

b)

repel, repel

c)

attract, attract

d)

repel, attract

9.

The picture above is an example of what?

a)

Magnetic field

b)

Electric field

c)

Repulsion

d)

Attraction

10.

What would happen with the magnets in the picture above?

a)

They would repel

b)

Nothing

c)

They would attract

d)

They would repel and then attract

11.

If the north pole of a magnet is brought close to the south pole of another magnet, what will happen?

a)

They will atrract each other

b)

They will repel each other

c)

They will demagnitize

d)

The south pole will turn around so the north pole is facing the other magnet.

12.

Which sides of the magnet attract each other?

a)

A) North and North Pole

b)

B) South and South Pole

c)

C) The North and South Pole

d)

D) A and B

e)

E) A, B,C

13.
In Flemings Left hand rule what does the thumb point in the direction of?
a)
The direction of the magnetic field
b)
The direction of the current
c)
The direction of the force (movement)
d)
None of these
14.
The current in the green wire flows from the left to the right. What direction does the wire move?
a)
Up 
b)
Down
c)
Into the page
d)
Out of the page
15.
The strength of the magnetic field produced by a flowing current in a wire is affected by:
a)
The size of the Current
b)
The distance from the wire
c)
The number of coils of wire
d)
All 3
16.
What will happen when these magnets are brought close together?
a)
They will attract each other.
b)
They will repel each other.
c)
Both magnets will turn to the left
d)
Both magnets will turn to the right
17.

Thumb and first finger represent .......

a)

magnetic field, force

b)

force, current

c)

force, magnetic field

d)

current, force

18.

The current in the green wire flows from the left to the right.

What magnetic field flows perpendicular upwards (towards sky)


What direction does the current flow?

a)

Up

b)

Down

c)

Into the page

d)

Out of the page

19.

What direction does the wire move?

a)

Up

b)

Down

c)

Left

d)

Right

20.

What direction would the wire move?

a)

Up

b)

Down

c)

Left

d)

Right

21.

What direction would the wire move? (What direction does the force act?)

a)

Up

b)

Down

c)

Left

d)

Right

22.

What angle must there be between a magnetic field and a conductor in order for the maximum force to be exerted?

a)

180

b)

45

c)

90

d)

270

23.

Why might a current-carrying wire be placed between a magnetic field?

a)

To increase the current from the interaction of magnetic fields

b)

To increase the voltage from the interaction of magnetic fields

c)

To produce a force from the interaction of magnetic fields

24.

What direction is the force/motion in the following diagram?

a)

Perpendicular to the magnets

b)

Downwards

c)

Parallel and through the magnets

25.

How does a split ring commutator work?

a)

Swaps the contact evert full turn, so that the left-hand and right-hand arms of the coil always experience a force in the same direction.

b)

Swaps the contact evert half turn, so that the left-hand and right-hand arms of the coil do not experience a force in the same direction.

c)

Swaps the contact evert half turn, so that the left-hand and right-hand arms of the coil always experience a force in the same direction.