Question1.
Fill in the blanks in the following
(i) Artificial magnets are made in different shapes such as __________, __________ and ____________.
(ii) The Materials which are attracted towards a magnet 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:
(i) Artificial magnets are made in different shapes such as bar-magnet, cylindrical magnet and horse-shoe magnet.
(ii) The Materials which are attracted towards a magnet are called magnetic material.
(iii) Paper is not a magnetic material.
(iv) In olden days, sailors used to find direction by suspending a piece of bar-magnet.
Question2.
State whether the following statements are true or false
(i) A cylindrical magnet has only one pole.
(ii) Artificial magnets were discovered in Greece.
(iii) Similar poles of a magnet repel each other.
(iv) Maximum iron filings stick in the middle of a bar magnet when it is brought near them.
(v) Bar magnets always point towards North-South direction.
(vi) A compass can be used to find East-West direction at any place.
(vii) Rubber is a magnetic material.
Answer:
