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Chapter 4 Magnetism

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
What happens to the magnetic force as an object gets further away from the magnetic field?
a)
The force increases
b)
The force decreases
c)
The force stays the same
d)
There was no force to begin with
3.

What does the following represent?

⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗

⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗

⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗

a)

Multiplied by a billion

b)

A piece of modern art

c)

Uniform magnetic field directed into the screen away from you

d)

Uniform magnetic field directed out of your screen at you

4.

A straight wire carries a current into the paper. What is the direction of the magnetic field at point P?

a)

Points to the right

b)

Points to the left

c)

Points to the top of the page

d)

Points to the bottom of the page

5.

What does the following represent?

⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙

⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙

⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙

a)

A crowd with binoculars

b)

A bunch of coaxial cables

c)

Uniform magnetic field directed into the screen away from you

d)

Uniform magnetic field directed out of your screen at you

6.

A moving charge produces a __________ around it

a)

current

b)

magnetic field

c)

force

d)

energy

7.

Find the direction of the magnetic force on positive charge q.

a)

Into the screen

b)

Out of the screen

c)

Right

d)

Left

8.

Find the direction of the magnetic force on positive charge q.

a)

Down

b)

Into the screen

c)

Out of the screen

d)

Up

9.

Which direction will the force act on the current (to the right) shown above?

a)

Into the page

b)

Out of the page

c)

Up the page

d)

Down the page

10.

What do the lines around this magnet represent?

a)

North Pole

b)

South Pole

c)

Magnetic Declination

d)

Magnetic Field

11.
Region around a magnet in which magnetic force can act.
a)
Magnetic field 
b)
Magnetic force
c)
Domain
d)
Perimeter
12.

The strongest part of a magnet is...

a)

the bars.

b)

the force field.

c)

the poles.

d)

the middle.

13.

How can a wire become magnetic?

a)

point it north

b)

add a resistor

c)

heat it up

d)

run a current through it

14.

Two long, parallel wires each carry the same

current 𝐼 in the same direction. What is the total

magnetic field at the point 𝑃 midway between the

wires?

a)

Zero

b)

Directed into the page

c)

Directed out of the page

d)

Directed to the left

15.

An electron and a proton are both initially moving with the same speed and in the same direction at 90˚ to the same uniform magnetic field. They experience magnetic forces, which are initially:

a)

identical

b)

equal in magnitude but opposite in direction

c)

in the same direction and differing in magnitude

d)

in opposite directions and differing in magnitude

16.

A wire carries a current, creating a magnetic field around itself as shown in figure above. The current in the wire is ...

a)

directed to the right

b)

directed to the left

c)

equal to the magnetic field

d)

In the same direction as the magnetic field

17.

An electric current 𝐼 passes through a wire with a semicircular section of radius 𝑎 as shown below. What is the direction of the magnetic field at the point P?

a)

Out of the page

b)

Into the page

c)

upward

d)

downward

18.
The SI unit of magnetic field is 
a)
weber
b)
guass
c)
tesla
d)
farad
19.
Magnetic poles that are unlike ________and magnetic poles that are alike ___________.
a)
run; stay
b)
attract; repel
c)
stay; repel
d)
repel; attract
20.

An electron is moving north in a region where the magnetic field is to the south. The magnetic force exerted on the electron is: 

a)
zero 
b)
up
c)
north
d)
south 
21.

What does the direction of the pointing fingers mean in this picture?

a)

the direction of the voltage

b)

the rotation of the wire

c)

the direction of the magnetic field

d)

the direction of the current

22.

A wire has a current travelling through towards the left. If it is in a magnetic field directed downward, what direction will the wire experience a force?

a)

Up

b)

down

c)

out of page

d)

into page

23.

Two long parallel wires carry currents in opposite directions. The top wire carries a current to the left, while the bottom wire carries a current to the right. The wires are not touching. Do the wires attract each other or repel?

a)

Attract

b)

Repel

24.

Describe the direction the charge gets deflected at in the diagram above

a)

up

b)

down

c)

left

d)

right