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(Class 6) Fun With Magnets & Seperation of Substances

The document discusses magnets and separation of substances. It includes 10 multiple choice questions about magnets, their properties, and how they attract or repel other materials. It also includes questions about different separation methods like sieving, filtration, evaporation, and handpicking. The appropriate separation technique depends on whether the substances differ in size, density, or solubility.

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(Class 6) Fun With Magnets & Seperation of Substances

The document discusses magnets and separation of substances. It includes 10 multiple choice questions about magnets, their properties, and how they attract or repel other materials. It also includes questions about different separation methods like sieving, filtration, evaporation, and handpicking. The appropriate separation technique depends on whether the substances differ in size, density, or solubility.

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Fun with Magnets & Separation of Substances

Class VI

MCQs:

1.What is the property of a magnet by which it attracts iron?

A) Repulsion B) Attraction C) Reflection D) Conduction

2. Which of the following materials is NOT attracted to a magnet?

A) Iron B) Plastic C) Nickel D) Cobalt


3.What happens when you break a bar magnet into two pieces?

A) Both pieces become individual magnets.

B) Only one piece remains magnetic.

C) Both pieces lose their magnetism.


D) The pieces repel each other.

4. Observe the pictures A and B given in Figure

Which of the following statement is correct for the above given pictures?

a) In A, cars 1 and 2 will come closer and in B, cars 3 and 4 will come closer.
b) In A, cars 1 and 2 will move away from each other and in B, cars 3 and 4 will move away.
c) In A, cars 1 and 2 will move away and in B, 3 and 4 will come closer to each other.
d) In A, cars 1 and 2 will come closer to each other and in B, 3 and 4 will move away from each
other.

5. A bar magnet is immersed in a heap of iron filings and pulled out. The amount of iron filling
sticking to the

a) North pole is almost equal to the south pole.


b) North pole is much more than the south pole.
c) North pole is much less than the south pole.
d) Iron fillings will not stick to the magnet

6. Paheli bought some vegetables such as french beans, lady’s finger, green chillies, brinjals and
potatoes all mixed in a bag. Which of the following methods of separation would be most
appropriate for her to separate them?
(a) Winnowing (b) Sieving (c) Threshing (d) Hand picking
7. Which of the following mixtures would you be able to separate using the method of filtration?

(a) Oil in water (b) Cornflakes in milk (c) Salt in water (d) Sugar in milk

8. Magnets have a shape

(a) cylindrical (b) horseshoe (c) ball ended (d) all of these

9. Name the natural magnet

a) Iron b) Bakelite c) Magnetite d) Copper

10.In the given figure of screwdriver, which part of screwdriver can not become a magnet?

a) A b) B c) C d) D

True/False:

a) In a magnet, like poles attract each other.


b) The Earth itself behaves like a giant bar magnet.
c) The needle of a compass always points towards the south pole of a magnet.
d) Evaporation is a process used to separate a solute from a solvent in a solution.
e) Handpicking is a method used to separate two substances with different particle sizes.
f) Separation of sugar from tea can be done by filtration.

Fill in the Blanks:

a) The end of a magnet that points towards the North is called the __________ pole.
b) The region around a magnet where its influence can be felt is known as the
____________________.
c) The method of separating seeds of paddy from stalks is called _______________.
d) Salt is obtained from sea water by the process of ____________________.
e) Impurities settled at the bottom when muddy water was kept overnight in a bucket. The
clear water was then poured off from the top. The process of separation used in this example
is called _______________ and ________________.
f) The process of making a temporary magnet by rubbing a permanent magnet on an iron
object is called __________________.
Q/Ans

1. Who discovered magnet? Name the country in which it was discovered.


2. Differentiate between magnetic and non-magnetic materials with examples.
3. What are the properties of a magnet?
4. To which part of the magnet do none or only a few iron filings (or pins) stick?
5. Describe the steps involved in magnetising an iron strip with the help of a magnet.
6. What is a saturated solution? Explain with an example. What will happen if saturated
solution of a substance in water is heated?
7. How is impurity of iron present in several substances removed in industries?
8. Define the terms: a) Threshing b) Winnowing
9. What is the drawback of evaporation? How can it be overcome?
10. How to store bar magnets when not it use?
11. What are the various ways in which magnets can lose their magnetism?
12. You are given a bar magnet whose ‘N’ and ‘S’ poles are not marked. Describe briefly
how you would find out which end is the south pole.
13. Differentiate between filtration and sieving with the help of one example.
14. How will you separate a mixture of common salt, sand and iron fillings?
15. Name a solid, a liquid, and a gaseous mixture.

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