NCERT Exemplar Solutions for Class 6 Science Chapter 13 - Fun with Magnets

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Chapter 13 – Fun with Magnets: In this chapter, students will learn concepts related to magnets and their poles. Students who aim to secure high scores in the annual examination can refer to NCERT Exemplar Class 6 Science solutions, which is the best reference material developed by the subject experts at BYJU’S, as per the latest CBSE syllabus. The solutions are provided in PDF in the link below for students to download for free, and they can start practising offline to yield good scores in the annual exam.

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Multiple Choice Questions:

1. Observe pictures A and B, given in fig 13.1, carefully.

Which of the following statement is correct for the above-given pictures?
(a) In A, cars 1 and 2 will come closer, and in B, cars 3 and 4 will come closer.
(b) In A, cars 1 and 2 will move away from each other, and in B, cars 3 and 4 will move away.
(c) In A, cars 1 and 2 will move away, and in B, 3 and 4 will come closer to each other.
(d) In A, cars 1 and 2 will come closer to each other and in B, 3 and 4 will move away from each other.
Solution:

(d): In A, cars 1 and 2 will come closer to each other and in B, 3 and 4 will move away from each other.

Unlike poles attract each other, while like poles repel each other.

In case A: cars 1 and 2 are facing each other with opposite poles hence they get attracted.

In case B: cars 3 and 4 are facing each other with the same poles hence they get repelled.

2. The arrangement to store two magnets is shown in figures (a), (b), (c) and (d) in fig 13.2. Which one of them is the correct arrangement?

Solution:

(b): option ‘b’ is the correct arrangement.

3. Three magnets A, B and C, were dipped one by one in a heap of iron filing. Figure 13.3 shows the amount of iron filing sticking to them.

The strength of these magnets will be
(a) A > B > C
(b) A < B < C
(c) A = B = C
(d) A < B > C
Solution:

(a): A > B > C

The amount of iron filing sticking to magnets is directly proportional to their strengths.

4. North pole of a magnet can be identified by
(a) Another magnet having its poles marked as North pole and South pole.
(b) Another magnet, no matter whether the poles are marked or not.
(c) Using an iron bar.
(d) Using iron filings.
Solution:

(a): Another magnet having its poles marked as the north pole and south pole.

5. A bar magnet is immersed in a heap of iron filings and pulled out. The amount of iron filing clinging to the
(a) North Pole is almost equal to the South Pole.
(b) North pole is much more than the South Pole.
(c) North pole is much less than the South Pole.
(d) Magnet will be the same all along its length.
Solution:

(a): North Pole is almost equal to the South Pole.

The magnetic strengths of the North Pole and the South Pole of a magnet are the same.

Very Short Answer Questions:

6. Fill in the blanks.
(i) When a bar magnet is broken, each of the broken parts will have _________ pole/poles.
(ii) In a bar magnet, magnetic attraction is _____ near its ends.
Solution:

(i) two

(ii) more

7. Paheli and her friends were decorating the class bulletin board. She dropped the box of stainless steel pins by mistake. She tried to collect the pins using a magnet. She could not succeed. What could be the reason for this?
Solution:

The pins are made of stainless steel, which is a non-magnetic material. Hence Paheli was unsuccessful in collecting the pins using a magnet.

8. How will you test that ‘tea dust’ is not adulterated with iron powder?
Solution:

We can use a magnet to test that tea dust is not adulterated with iron powder. If it has iron powder, it will stick to the magnet.

9. Boojho dipped a bar magnet in a heap of iron filings and pulled it out. He found that iron filings got stuck to the magnet, as shown in fig 13.4.

(i) Which regions of the magnet have more iron filings sticking to them?
(ii)What are these regions called?
Solution:

(i) The ends of the magnet have more iron filings attached to them.

(ii) Magnets have two poles, namely the North Pole and the South Pole. Hence, these regions are called poles of the magnet.

Short Answer Questions:

10. Four identical iron bars were dipped in a heap of iron filings one by one. The figure shows the amount of iron filings sticking to each of them.

(a) Which of the iron bar is likely to be the strongest magnet?
(b) Which of the iron bars is not a magnet? Justify your answer.
Solution:

(a) Iron bar (a) is likely to be the strongest magnet since more amount of iron filings have stuck to the magnet than any other bars.

(b) Iron bar (b) is not a magnet since none of the iron filings sticks to the magnet.

11. A toy car has a bar magnet laid hidden inside its body along its length. Using another magnet, how will you find out which pole of the magnet is facing the front of the car?
Solution:

We know that unlike poles attract each other while like poles repel each other. In the case of a toy car, if the front of the toy car gets attracted to the north pole of the given magnet, then it is the south pole of the bar magnet hidden inside the car and vice-versa.

12. Match column I with column II (One option of A can match with more than one option of B.

Solution:

Here is the correct match:

13. You are provided with two identical metal bars. One out of the two is a magnet. Suggest two ways to identify the magnet.
Solution:

There can be the following ways to identify the magnet out of the two identical metal bars:

(i) By attracting iron filings to the magnet, we get to know which is a magnet.

(ii) By using another magnet. If it is a magnet, like poles will repel each other while unlike poles will attract each other.

Long Answer Questions:

14. Three identical iron bars are kept on a table. Two out of three bars are magnets. In one of the magnets, the North-South poles are marked. How will you find out which of the other two bars is a magnet? Identify the poles of this magnet.
Solution:

The magnet on which the North-South poles are marked can be used to find the magnet out of two bars.

Take the magnet with North-South poles marked, and keep it close to both the iron bars; hence both magnets get attracted to it since both are magnets.

To find out the poles of an unknown magnet, we can use the repulsion test. The north pole marked on the given magnet will repel the north pole of the unknown magnet and vice-versa.

15. Describe the steps involved in magnetising an iron strip with the help of a magnet.
Solution:

An iron strip can be magnetised by rubbing it with a magnet in a particular direction again and again, as shown in the below figure.

Here are the steps involved:

• Consider a wooden table and place the desired iron strip, which has to be magnetised.
• Now take a bar magnet, where one end of the magnet is held in the hands, and the other end is on one edge of the strip.
• Rub the magnet again and again without lifting along the length of the strip.
• Repeat the above steps several times.
• Take the iron fillings and extend them on the strip. If it gets attracted, the strip gets magnetised, and if it does not, then repeat the steps a few more times.

16. Figure 13.6 shows a magnetic compass. What will happen to the position of its needle if you bring a bar magnet near it? Draw a diagram to show the effect on the needle on bringing the bar magnet near it. Also, draw the diagram to show the effect when the other end of the bar magnet is brought near it.

Solution:

The magnetic needle of the compass will get deflected.

17. Suggest an activity to prepare a magnetic compass by using an iron needle and a bar magnet.
Solution:

To prepare a magnetic compass, place the given iron needle on a wooden table now magnetize by rubbing a bar magnet over it repeatedly in a particular direction without lifting it. After that, it may be set in a way so that it can rotate freely when suspended. Hence, the iron needle can act as a compass and give a north-south direction.

18. Boojho kept a magnet close to an ordinary iron bar. He observed that the iron bar attracts a pin, as shown in fig 13.7.

What inference could he draw from this observation? Explain.
Solution:

He could infer from this observation that the iron bar is induced with magnetic properties, and iron bar acts as a magnet till the magnet is kept near it.

19. A bar magnet is cut into two pieces, A and B, from the middle, as shown in figure 13.8.

Will the two pieces act as individual magnets? Mark the poles of these two pieces. Suggest an activity to verify your answer.
Solution:

Yes, the two broken pieces, A and B, will act as individual magnets. A magnet will always have two poles – the North and South Pole. Hence, now each piece will have two poles.

By using the test of repulsion between the newly formed magnets, we can detect the poles of broken magnets.

20. Suggest an arrangement to store a U-shaped magnet. How is this different from storing a pair of bar magnets?
Solution:

U-shaped magnet – One metal plate is placed across the two poles of the U-shaped magnet to store it.

Bar magnet – Two metal plates and one wooden block is used and arranged as shown in the figure.