Name:____________________________ Date:_____________________

Grade and Section: _____________ Score: __________________

WORD CUES
MAGNETISM

A. Directions: Figure what word/set of words would complete the answer to the
questions below. Write each letter of the word on the blank spaces.

1. What do you call the properties and interactions of magnets?

Ans. It’s called _ag_ _ _ is_.
2. In all magnets —can ’t have one pole without the other. What do you call these
poles?
Ans. These are called _ag_et_c poles. The _o_ _ h pole and _o_ _ h
pole.
3. What magnetic force is involved when two like poles interact with each other?
Ans. It is called the force of _ _pu_s_ o_.
4. What does the magnetic field lines pattern indicate to its strength?
Ans. The strength of the magnetic field is _rea_er where the
lines are closer together and w_ a _er where they are farther apart.
5. What are the three types of magnets?
Ans. The three types of magnets are the following: na_ _r_l, example is the
lodestone, ar_ _fi_i_ _or induced, and _emp_ _a_y like electromagnet.
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Group Members: ______________________________________________________
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Activity 5
Oh Magnets, Electromagnet… May the forces be in your field!

Objectives:
 Explore the magnetic domains of a latch magnet.
 Observe and draw magnetic field patterns surrounding different magnets
and magnet combinations.
 Observe and draw magnetic field patterns surrounding a simple
electromagnet and a current carrying coil of wire.
Materials:
an improvised magnetic board
white bond paper
a pair of latch/refrigerator magnets
a pair of bar magnets
one 3-inch iron nail
1 neodymium magnet
1 U-shaped magnet
2-m copper wire (AWG # 22)
1 disk magnet
connectors with alligator clips
1 knife switch
battery holders with 2 AA battery
(Flat plastic bottle, water/Glycerin, iron filings/iron sand or Bargaja)

Figure 8. Commercial latch magnets (commonly known as

flexible sheet refrigerator magnets), and an improvised magnetic
board which is made by filling completely a leak-free, flat
container (preferably plastic) with water/mineral oil, and
magnetic sand.

Safety Precautions:
• Use the magnets, compasses, and magnetic boards with care so as not to drop
any of these.
• The neodymium magnet is many times stronger than the ordinary disk magnet
that can hold papers on refrigerator doors. Be careful not to get your fingers
pinched between this kind of magnet and other magnetic material.
• Open after use the switch for the current-carrying conductors, electromagnetic
nail and the current-carrying coil.

Procedure:
PART A. Watch their domains!
1. Use an improvised magnetic board and a pair of latch or refrigerator magnets
similar to those shown below to observe magnetic field lines.
 Figure 9. Sample latch
magnets, commonly known
as refrigerator magnets, and a
magnetic board from the
public science equipment
package. Together, when
used, will make the magnetic
field surrounding the latch
magnets visible. The iron
filings suspended in the
liquid inside the magnetic board align along the magnetic field lines.

2. Lay each latch magnet under the magnetic board. Tap gently the board until
a clear pattern is formed by the iron filings. Draw the pattern made by the iron
filings in Table 7. Note the orientations of the magnetic field pattern for each
latch magnet. Label if needed.
3. Place one magnet on top of the other. Make sure that they are arranged
perpendicularly with each other. Hold the magnet on top as shown in Table 6
below (first row). Slowly and gently pull the magnet (towards you) as shown.
4. Observe what happens. Record your observations on table 6.
Guide Questions:

Q21. What have you noticed when you pulled the magnet on top perpendicularly across the other?
What does this tell you about the magnetic field around the latch magnet?

Ans.:

Q22. How do you relate the flapping interactions of the latch magnets, at different orientations, to
their magnetic domains?

Ans.:

PART B. Within the lines…

1. Place the different magnets and electromagnets under the improvised magnetic board one
at a time. Each time, gently tap the magnetic board until a clear pattern is formed. Draw the
pattern made by the iron filings on Table 7.

Guide Questions:
Q23. Compare the magnetic field patterns drawn in Table 7. What similarities
differences have you seen among them?
Ans.
Q24. What do the magnetic field patterns, shown on the magnetic board indicate about the
strength of the magnets?
Ans.
Q25. What do the magnetic field patterns indicate about the forces of interaction between
magnets?
Ans.

Name:_________________________________ Date:_____________________
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FIGURE IT OUT!
Directions: Check which pictures below shows the correct pattern of the magnetic field lines
for the specific source of magnetism or magnetic interactions. On the spaces below the
items you checked, briefly explain why it is your answer.
1. Magnetic field pattern of North-North pole interactions of two bar magnet:

A. ______
B. _______
Explanation:_________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
2. Magnetic field pattern of a neodymium magnet:

A. _______
B. __________

Explanation:_________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
3. Magnetic field pattern of a latch/refrigerator magnet.
 A. _______ B. __________

Explanation:________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

Name:_________________________________ Date:_____________________

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RETROSPECT(GENERALIZATION)

Directions: On the three sides of the triangle, write your answer to the questions below. Be
creative. You may answer by drawing symbols, framing a sentence or in another way you choose.

Q1: “What are three key points I remember from the topic?”

Q2: “What are three points I find very hard to understand from the topic?”
Name:_________________________________ Date:_____________________
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FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
Directions: Read the questions carefully and write the letter of the correct answer on the
space provided before the number.
__________1. Refrigerator magnets shows an
alternating pattern of dark bands and lighter bands
formed by iron filings inside the improvised magnetic
board. What does it suggest on the magnetic
forces(attraction and repulsion) it is exerting on the
iron filings?
a. The lighter bands indicates absence of iron filings
that suggests repulsion between like poles.
b. The dark bands indicates presence of iron filings that suggests attraction between
unlike poles.
c. Both A and B
d. It cannot be determined.
__________2. Which statement about an electromagnetic nail is NOT TRUE?
a. Steady magnetic lines of induction surround a battery-powered electromagnetic
nail.
b. The current in the electromagnetic nail demagnetizes the iron nail.
c. The magnetic field lines produced resemble that of a bar magnet.
d. The magnetic field strength is proportional to the nail’s current.
__________3. Which is/are true about the magnetic field patterns of the different
magnetic sources you have observed?
a. The iron filings that align along magnetic field lines concentrate most near the
poles.
b. The magnetic field patterns of an electromagnetic nail, a current carrying straight
conductor and a current carrying coil are similar to that of a single bar magnet.
c. Both the disk magnet and the neodymium magnet have radial magnetic field
lines.
d. All of the above.
__________4. Complete the idea of the statement below by supplying the correct
words.
“ The __________ the magnetic field is, the _________ the magnetic lines of force
are.”
a. weaker, closer
b. stronger, closer
c. stronger, farther
d. None of the above
__________5. Which of the following illustrations shows the magnetic field pattern
that can serve as a model for how a scanning probe microscope(SPM) used by
nanotechnologists works?

a. b. c. d.