IGCSE - Magnetism and Electromagnetism, IGCSE Physics - Magnetism Questions with Detailed Verified Answers

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IGCSE - Magnetism and
Electromagnetism, IGCSE Physics -
Magnetism Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers

Question: What produces a magnetic field?
Answer: magnets


Question:What are the poles of a magnet?
Answer: north and south


Question:magnetic field
Answer: region where magnetic materials experience a force


Question:What is an example of a magnetic material?
Answer: iron


Question:What are magnetic field lines used for?
Answer: - to show the size and direction of magnetic fields


Question:What do magnets affect?
Answer: magnetic materials and other magnets


Question:What do like poles do?
Answer: repel

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Question:What do opposite poles do?
Answer: attract


Question:What happens when magnetic materials are brought into a
magnet's magnetic field?
Answer: - that material acts as a magnet (induced magnetism)


Question:What happens the larger the electric current?
Answer: the stronger the magnetic field


Question:What does the direction of the magnetic field depend on?
Answer: direction of current


Question:magnetically soft
Answer: - loses its induced magnetism quickly


Question:magnetically hard definition
Answer: - keeps its induced magnetism permanently


Question:example of a hard magnetic material
Answer: steel


Question:Example of soft magnetic material
Answer: iron