Question

Fill in the blanks:

(i) Artificial magnets are made in different shapes such as ___________, ____________, and ___________.

(ii) The materials which are attracted towards magnets are called ___________.

(iii) Paper is not a ___________material.

(iv) In olden days, sailors used to find direction by suspending a piece of ____________.

(v) A magnet always has ___________ poles.

Answer 1

(i) Artificial magnets are made in different shapes such as _bar magnets_, __horse-shoe magnets_, and __cylindrical magnets_.

(ii) Materials which are attracted towards magnets are called magnetic materials.

(iii) Paper is not a __magnetic_ material.

Paper is not attracted by magnet. Hence, it is not a magnetic material.

(iv) In olden days, sailors used to find direction by suspending a piece of bar magnet .

A freely suspended magnet always comes to rest in the North-South direction. Hence, sailors used to find direction by suspending a piece of bar magnet.

(v) A magnet always has __two__ poles.

A magnet has two poles called the south pole (S) and the north pole (N).