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Physical Science

Electricity and Magnetism Opener Problem

Look at the situation below.
Hanane’s mum asks her to find all the iron nails in a mixture of
materials. She tells Hanane to get a magnet from the kitchen

because it will help. Hanane walks across the carpet to the kitchen
door but, as she touches the door handle, she feels a pain in her
hand.

When Hanane gets to the kitchen, she cannot find a magnet. She
can only find a long piece of copper wire and a cell. Will these
objects be useful? Why or why not?

Vocabulary

• Atom • Energy • Non-contact force

• Attract • Exert • Particle
• Balanced • Field lines • Polarise

• Coil • Force • Positively charged
• Conductor • Friction • Potential difference
• Discharge • Insulator • Proton

• Electric charge • Magnetic field • Renewable energy
• Electric current • Magnetism • Repel

• Electric field • Matter • Shock
• Electromagnetic field • Negatively charged • Spark
• Electromagnetism • Neutral • Static electricity

• Electron • Neutron • Transfer

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