Question

Complete the crossword puzzle using the clues given below:

Across
3. A region of magnetic force surrounding a magnet.
4. Its needle is a tiny magnet that moves about a pivot and tells directions.
5. An object that attracts material made of iron, nickel, and cobalt, and their ores.
6. This happens when 'unlike' poles are placed together.
7. This happens when 'like' poles are placed together.

Down
1. The place on the magnet where its magnetic field is strongest.
2. An example of a magnet that stays magnetised for a short period of time.

Accepted Answer

Across
3. A region of magnetic force surrounding a magnet:
It is called a magnetic field. Magnetic materials experience a pulling action when they are in this region.

4. Its needle is a tiny magnet that moves about a pivot and tells directions.
Compass. Sailors and navigators use this to find directions.

5. An object that attracts material made of iron, nickel, and cobalt and their ores.
A magnet is an object that attracts magnetic metals like iron, nickel, and cobalt.

6. This happens when 'unlike' poles are placed together.
When opposing poles, such as north and south, are placed together, they form an attraction and are drawn towards each other.

7. This happens when 'like' poles are placed together.
When like poles, such as north and north or south and south, are placed together, there is a repulsion between them and they get pushed away from each other.

Down
1. The place on the magnet where its magnetic field is strongest.
Poles are the places or ends of a magnet where the magnetic field is the strongest.

2. An example of a magnet that stays magnetised for a short period of time.
An electromagnet is a temporary magnet. It is created when a soft iron bar is placed inside a coil of wire and current is passed through it.

Important Questions on Magnets

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Part of a magnet	No. of paper clips attached
A	7
B	3
C	8
D	4