Magnet and Its Types
Magnet and Its Types: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Magnet, Magnetism and, Difference between Natural and Artificial Magnets
Important Questions on Magnet and Its Types
Which is stronger artificial or natural magnet?
What is the difference between natural magnet and artificial magnet ?
How do maglev train is made to float above the rails? Explain its working principle in detail.
What do you mean by Natural magnet and Artificial Magnets?
The force exerted by magnets when they attract or repel each other is called_____.
A freely suspended magnet always rests pointing in the North-South direction. This property is called _____ property.
Raman had four objects P, Q, R and S in his bag. He wanted to know whether they were magnets or not. He placed each object near a paper clip, iron rod and a pencil.
He observed and recorded the data as given.
Which of the following are magnets?
Read the given statement. Find out the appropriate answer for it and then search the word.
| M | A | G | N | E | T |
| A | P | O | L | E | O |
| T | Y | C | T | A | I |
| I | N | O | R | T | H |
| O | B | B | S | P | C |
| M | C | A | O | T | P |
| N | Q | L | U | S | W |
| B | Z | T | T | X | R |
| S | Y | T | H | O | B |
A natural stone that attracts iron and steel materials.
You see some metal stickers stuck to the door of a fridge in the picture given below.
What is there in those stickers which make them stick to the iron doors?
Some pins are attached to the top or cap of the pin holder in the image given below.
What could be there in the cap of the pin holder?
Sunaina went to visit her grandmother in summer vacations. One day her grandmother was hanging a portrait on the wall. As she was about to hammer the iron into the wall, it slipped through her hand and fell on the ground. Due to loss of vision she was not able to find it. Sunaina helped her and found the iron nail by using a magnet.
Now, answer the following using the above information:
Why is the nail attracted by the magnet?
Magnets should be stored away from mobile phones, televisions, radios and computers.
Name the magnet which is in the shape of a rectangular bar.
Magnets made by man are called _____ (natural magnets/artificial magnets).
Name the following: The force acting between a magnet and an iron object is this force.
