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Using Magnets to Find Directions

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Which of the given statements is/are required to explain the resting of a freely suspended magnet in the N-S direction?

Statement I: Earth acts as a giant magnet.
Statement II: Unlike poles of two magnets attract each other.

A

Only statement II

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B

Both statements I and II

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C

Only statement I

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D

Neither statement I nor statement II

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Solution

The correct option is B Both statements I and II

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Fill in the blanks to complete the sentences :

(a) Two ends of a magnet are called ..........

(b) Unlike poles of a magnet ............. each other.

(c) Like poles of a magnet ............ each other.

(d) A freely suspended magnet rests in the geographic ............ direction.

Q. Fill in the blanks:
1. Materials which are attracted by magnets are called ............................. substances.
2. A magnet always comes to rest in the ............................. direction when suspended freely.
3. The regions on a magnet where the attraction power of the magnet is maximum are called ............................. of the magnet.
4. Like poles ............................. and unlike poles ............................. each other.
5. Artificial magnets are made in different shapes such as ............................. and ............................. .
6. Sailors use ............................. to find direction.
7. Paper is not a ............................. .
8. Magnetic poles always exist in ............................. .

Q. Which of the following statements are correct? Rewrite the incorrect ones correctly.
(a) A magnet will be attracted to the aluminium frame of a window.
(b) A magnet will not lose its magnetism even if it is repeatedly dropped on the floor.
(c) When a magnet is dipped into a box of paper clips, most of them will be seen sticking to the ends of the magnet.
(d) A magnet need not always have two poles.
(e) Magnetic poles that are alike attract each other.
(f) If a magnet is floated on a cork in water and balanced, one end will point east and the other end will point west.
(g) Both the ends of a solid bar are attracted to both poles of a magnet. The bar could be a magnet.
(h) Unlike magnetic poles attract each other.
(i) Iron can be used to make permanent magnets.
(j) Compasses work best when they are placed near iron objects.

Q. Put the phrases in the correct order to make sentences:

1. magnets, magnetites, and, lodestone, natural, are
2. substances, are attracted, magnetic, by a magnet
3. the poles, ends of a, are called, magnet, the two
4. north-south, freely, direction, towards the, always points, suspended magnet

Q. Statement 1 - If a magnet is suspended freely, its north-pole will point toward the geographic north-pole.
Statement 2 - Earth acts as a huge magnet.

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