NCERT Class VI Science Solutions: Chapter 13 – Fun with Magnets Part 2
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Question 4:
North Pole of a magnet can be identified by
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Another magnet having its poles marked as North Pole and South Pole.
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Another magnet no matter whether the poles are marked or not.
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Using an iron bar.
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Using Iron filings.
Answer: A

Image of Magnet with Pole
Image of Magnet with pole
Question 5:
A bar magnet is immersed in a heap of iron filings and pulled out. The amount of iron filling clinging to the
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North Pole is almost equal to the South Pole.
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North Pole is much more than the South Pole.
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North Pole is much less than the South Pole.
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Magnet will be same all along its length.
Answer: A

Image of Bar Magnet is Immersed in a Heap of Iron Filling
Image of bar magnet is immersed in a heap of Iron filling
VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
Question 6:
Fill in the blanks
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When a bar magnet is broken; each of the broken part will have ________ pole/poles.
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In a bar magnet, magnetic attraction is ________ near its ends.
Answer:
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When a bar magnet is broken; each of the broken part will have two pole/poles.
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In a bar magnet, magnetic attraction is more near its ends.
Question 7:
Paheli and her friends were decorating the class bulletin board. She dropped the box of stainless steel pins by mistake. She tiled to collect the pins using a magnet. She could not succeed. What could be the reason for this?
Answer:
The pins are made of stainless steel which is a non/magnetic material.
Question 8:
How will you test that ‘tea dust’ is not adulterated with iron powder?
Answer:
By using a magnet. If it has iron powder they will stick on to the magnet.
Question 9:
Boojho dipped a bar magnet in a heap of iron filings and pulled it out. He found that iron filings got stuck to the magnet as shown in Fig.

A Bar Magnet
Result for a bar magnet
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Which regions of the magnet have more iron filings sticking to it?
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What are these regions called?
Answer:
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The end of the magnet has more iron fillings attached to it.
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These regions are called poles of the magnet.