CAMRBRIDGE SCIENCE CHECKPOINT STAGE 8 WORKSHEET

UNIT 9 (PART 2). ELECTROMAGNET

Name: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………........
CHu

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(a) Fill in the blank with a suitable word in the table

temporary electromagnet switch coiled electrical

charge increase electric metal magnetic field

An .......................... coiled
electromagnetis created when a wire is .......................... electric
and an .......................... current flows
metal
through it. Generally, electromagnets have a .......................... increase the
core that helps to ..........................
electric
stength of the electromagnet. Magnetic force is created by the movement of .......................... charges
through a wire.

magnetic fieldis created around the wire, and this magnetic field lines up the domains in the core,
A ..........................
temporary
turning the core into a .......................... magnet. When the electric current is turned off, the
magnetic field quickly fades. An electromagnet can be made using a circuit with a battery, a
..........................
switch
.......................... and wire wrapped around a nail.

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(b) Based on the picture, fill in the blank with a suitable word.
An electric bell

electromagnet
When the push switch is closed the current flows through the ..................... The electromagnet then
arm
attracts the iron .................The gong
hammer moves and strikes the ...................... As this happens the
off
contacts separate and the circuit is broken. The electromagnet is switched ................... and the
hammer springs back.
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2 Alex makes an electromagnet.
She winds insulated wire around an iron nail.
She connects the wire to a power supply.
She uses the electromagnet to pick up some steel paper-clips.

This is her prediction.

The more turns of wire around the iron nail the stronger the electromagnet becomes.

(a) Give the one factor she should change as she investigates her prediction.
The number of times she wraps the wire around the nail..
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(b) Give one factor she should keep the same.
the battery
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(c) Describe how she could use the paper-clips to measure the strength of the electromagnet
She can count how many paperclips the magnet can pick up.
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(d) Which size paper-clips would Alex use to make her results more accurate?
i. Tick the correct box.

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ii. Give a reason for your choice.

because all paperclip are the same size this make the test more fair
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(a) Figure 1 shows two paper clips hanging from a bar magnet.
Figure 1

N N
S
N
S
The paper clips have become magnetised.
Label the north and south poles of both paper clips. [1]

(b) Peter took a magnet, a steel bar and an aluminium bar.

He put them on three trolleys as shown below.

i. What happens to the steel bar as he moves it closer to the magnet?

attracted
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ii. What happens to the aluminium bar as he moves it closer to the magnet?
nothing happen
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4 Mary used the apparatus below to test the strength of an electromagnet. She used the reading on the
newton meter to measure the force of the magnet on theiron disc.

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 (a) Explain why the reading on the newton meter increases when a current passes through the coil.
Because the coil becomes an electromagnet
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(b) When a current passes through the coil, some of the electrical energy is changed to thermal energy.
What would happen to the coil if the current passing through it was too large?
The coil would get very hot and could burn or melt.
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(c) Mary made two electromagnets, one with 100 turns of wire in the coil and onewith 200 turns.
She varied the current through the coil of each electromagnet. She measured the force of each
electromagnet on the iron disc. The graph shows her results.

Write two conclusions that Mary could make from these results.
The more current that flows, the stronger the magnet becomes.
(1) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... [1]
The more turn in coil, the higher the force will be
(2) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………....[1]

(d) If Mary want to increase the strength of an electromagnet, which 2 of these things can Mary do?
Use a less powerful battery Have more coils of wires
Have fewer coils of wire Use a smaller nail
Use more paperclips Use a more powerful battery
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