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Inside Collection (Course): Natural Sciences Grade 7
(a) What do you observe? The paper clip also moves upwards and remains hanging in the air under the magnet.
What happens? The paper clip falls back onto the bench.
(b) What happens? The paper clip retains its position in the air.
Conclusion: Magnets are able to attract magnetic materials through non-magnetic materials, but not through magnetic materials.
Explanation: A tin can is made of iron that is covered with a thin layer of tin.
(a) Tie one end of a length of sewing thread to a paper clip and use wonder glue / Prestik to secure the other end to your desk. Hold a bar magnet above the paper clip and lift it.
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Now place the lid of a tin can between the paper clip and the magnet.
There must be no contact between these objects.
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(b) Repeat the procedure of 4(a), but insert a sheet of paper between the magnet and the paper clip.
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What deduction can you make from this? ___________________________________
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A magnet is surrounded by a magnetic field. This is the area around a magnet in which it can experience force. The earth must therefore be surrounded by a magnetic field, and this would mean that we are living in a magnetic field! What would happen if there were no magnetic field around the earth?
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We will now use iron filings to help us examine the magnetic field of a bar magnet.
Learning Outcome 2:The learner will know and be able to interpret and apply scientific, technological and environmental knowledge.
Assessment Standard 2.3: We know this when the learner interprets information by identifying key ideas in text, finding patterns in recorded data, and making inferences from information in various forms (e.g. pictures, diagrams, text).
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