CLASS - 6 || SUBJECT - SCIENCE || Chapter 13 || Fun with Magnets ||

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Chapter 13

Fun with Magnets

1.      It was observed that a pencil sharpener gets attracted by both the poles of a magnet although its body is made of plastic. Name a material that might have been used to make some part of it.
Ans:  Iron is used to make some part of sharpener due to which it is attracted toward magnet..

2.      Write any two properties of a magnet.
Ans:  Two properties of magnets are:
(i) A magnet has two poles: North pole and South pole.
(ii) Like poles repel each other and unlike poles attract each other.

3.      Where are poles of a bar magnet located?
Ans: Poles are located at the ends of bar magnet just before the ends. These are north and south poles.

4.      A bar magnet has no markings to indicate its poles. How would you find out near which end is its north pole located?
Ans: Take the bar magnet and suspend it freely with the help of a thread, the end that points towards north pole will be regarded as north end of the magnet. Take a bar magnet with known/marked poles on it. Let the north pole of the magnet be brought closer to the suspended magnet at the end that is pointing towards north, if it shows repulsion than it is confirmed.

5.      You are given iron strip. How will you make it into a magnet?
Ans:  Making a magnet: Take an iron strip and place it on the table. Now take a bar magnet and place one of its poles near one edge of the strip of iron. Without lifting it move it along the length of the iron strip till you reach the other end. Now lift the magnet and bring the pole to the same point of strip from where yob began. Repeat this process about 30-40 times. Bring some iron fillings near the strip and observe that the strip attracts the fillings. This indicates that the iron strip becomes magnet.
Remember that the pole of magnet and direction of its movement should not change.

6.      How is compass used to find direction?
Ans: A compass is a small case of glass. A magnetised needle is pivoted inside the box. The needle can rotate freely. Compass also has a dial with directions marked on it. The compass is kept at the place where we want to know the directions. When the needle comes to rest it indicates north-south direction. The compass is then rotated until the north and south marked on the dial are at the two ends of the needle. Usually different colours are used to point the ends of needle to identify the north and the south poles.

7.      Write main properties of a magnet.
Ans: (i) Magnet has two poles—south pole and north pole.
(ii) Poles of magnet cannot be isolated.
(iii) Like poles repel each other and unlike poles attract each other.
(iv) Freely suspended magnet aligns in N-S direction.

8.      Write two methods by which a magnet can be demagnetised.
Ans: (1) By hammering the magnet strongly.
(2) By heating a magnet strongly and keeping it in the east-west direction.

9.      Show that a magnet has two poles. What are the properties of the poles of a magnet?
Ans. We know that pole is the point where the strength of the magnet is maximum. So more and more iron particles will be attracted at poles of a magnet when we bring a magnet near the iron particles. We will observe the crowdness of particles at the ends of magnet. This indicates the presence of two poles in a magnet. Hence poles are present in a magnet in pair. If a magnet is divided into two parts, each part also possesses a pair of poles.

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