Level 5 Q1.

(a)     Debbie put a paper cup into a glass beaker.

She glued a magnet in the bottom of the paper cup.
She glued another magnet in the bottom of the beaker.
The magnets repelled.

                     diagram A
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          What two forces act on the paper cup and its contents to keep it in this position?

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1 mark

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1 mark

(b)     Debbie put 5 g of aluminium rivets into the paper cup.

It moved down a little as shown in diagram B.

                             diagram B
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    Debbie plotted a graph to show how the mass of aluminium rivets affected the distance the
cup moved down.

(i)      Use the graph to find the mass that made the cup move down 4 mm.

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1 mark

(ii)     Why did the graph stay flat with masses greater than 40 g?

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1 mark

(c)     Debbie removed the 5 g of aluminium rivets and put 5 g of iron nails into the cup.

                              

              diagram C
not to scale

          The paper cup moved down more with 5 g of iron nails than with 5 g of aluminium rivets
as shown in diagram C.
Give the reason for this.

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1 mark
maximum 5 marks

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 Level 6 Q2.
Hannah has three rods (A, B and C) made from different metals.
One rod is a magnet; one is made of copper; and one is made of iron.
She does not know which rod is which.

          Each rod has a dot at one end.

(a)     Hannah uses only a bar magnet to identify each rod.

She puts each pole of the bar magnet next to the dotted end of each rod.

          Complete Hannah’s observations in the table below.

Write if each rod is copper, iron or a magnet.

 
test observations type of rod

attract  

Rod A is
attract
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nothing happens  

Rod B is
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  ................................. .

attract  

Rod C is
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  ................................. .
3 marks

(b)     Hannah uses the iron rod to make an electromagnet.

                                      

          When the switch is closed the iron rod becomes an electromagnet.
Give two ways Hannah could make the electromagnet stronger.

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1 mark

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1 mark
maximum 5 marks

Level 7 Q3.
(a)     A pupil makes a small coil of copper wire and passes an electric current through it.
The pupil places a small magnet near the coil.

          The magnet is attracted towards the coil. The pupil turns the magnet around so that
the South pole is nearest the coil.
What effect, if any, will this have?

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1 mark

(b)     The pupil uses the coil and the magnet to make a simple ammeter to measure
the current through a bulb.

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not to scale

(i)      The paper clip is used to balance the weight of the magnet.
Why is the paper clip further away from the pivot than the magnet is?

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1 mark

(ii)     Explain how a current in the coil makes the straw pointer move.

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2 marks

(iii)     The pupil places a piece of soft iron in the middle of the coil.
Describe and explain how this will affect the reading on the scale when
the same current flows through the coil.

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2 marks
Maximum 6 marks

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Mark schemes

Q1.
(a)     gravity
accept ‘weight’
1 (L5)

          magnetic force or magnetism

accept ‘repulsion’ or ‘upthrust’
answers may be in either order
do not accept ‘air resistance’
1 (L5)

(b)     (i)      12
1 (L5)

(ii)     any one from

•    the paper cup stopped moving

accept ‘it hit the bottom’

•    the paper cup reached the bottom magnet

accept ‘the paper cup could not go any further’
1 (L6)

(c)     any one from

•    iron is magnetic

accept ‘aluminium is not magnetic’

•    iron nails are attracted to a magnet

accept ‘the rivets are not attracted to a magnet’

•    there is a magnetic force on the iron

do not accept ‘aluminium or rivets are less magnetic’
do not accept ‘iron or nails are more magnetic than
aluminium
or rivets’
1 (L6)
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Q2.
(a)     •    iron
1 (L6)

•    nothing happens

accept ‘nothing’ or ‘no force’ or ‘it does not attract or repel’
both answers are required for the mark

     copper
1 (L6)

•    repel
a magnet
 accept ‘move apart’
both answers are required for the mark
do not accept ‘magnetic’
1 (L6)

(b)     any two from

•    more turns in the coil

accept ‘more coils’

•    increase the current or voltage

accept ‘increase power’
accept ‘add more cells or batteries’
‘use another battery’ is insufficient
accept ‘use thicker wire’
‘use more wire’ is insufficient

•    coils closer together

accept ‘make the coils tighter’
‘use less wire’ is insufficient
‘make the wire tighter’ is insufficient
references to the iron rod are insufficient
2 (L6)
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Q3.
(a)     they will repel or it will push the magnet away or it will push the coil
accept ‘it will change the direction of the force’
accept ‘it will make the magnet twist around and attract’
do not accept ‘the magnet moves away’
1 (L7)

(b)     (i)      any one from

•    because the magnet is heavier or the paper clip is lighter

accept ‘because the magnet is heavy’

•    so the moments are equal

1 (L7)

(ii)     current in the coil produces a magnetic field

accept ‘the coil becomes an electromagnet’
or ’the coil is magnetised’
1 (L7)

•    the magnet is attracted or repelled

accept ‘the field or coil exerts a force on the magnet’
1 (L7)

(iii)     any one from

•    the straw is deflected more or moves more

•    the reading is higher or goes up
1 (L7)

any one from

•    it increases the magnetic field

•    it makes the electromagnet stronger

•    it attracts or repels the magnet more strongly

1 (L7)
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