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What is the primary use of lodestone in ancient times?
What is the primary use of lodestone in ancient times?
Like poles of a magnet attract each other.
Like poles of a magnet attract each other.
False
What happens to an unmagnetised bar of magnetic material when it is placed near a magnet?
What happens to an unmagnetised bar of magnetic material when it is placed near a magnet?
It becomes magnetised.
When a magnet is suspended freely, it aligns itself with the Earth's _______.
When a magnet is suspended freely, it aligns itself with the Earth's _______.
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Match the following terms with their definitions:
Match the following terms with their definitions:
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What occurs when a magnetic material is placed near a magnet?
What occurs when a magnetic material is placed near a magnet?
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Induced magnetism lasts indefinitely even after the inducing magnet is removed.
Induced magnetism lasts indefinitely even after the inducing magnet is removed.
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What happens to the strength of the magnetic field as the distance from the magnet increases?
What happens to the strength of the magnetic field as the distance from the magnet increases?
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Magnetic field lines are directed from the ______ pole to the ______ pole outside the magnet.
Magnetic field lines are directed from the ______ pole to the ______ pole outside the magnet.
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