Electric currents make magnetic fields
Grade 11 Science Worksheet - Challenge Me

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A coil 0.25 m long has 500 turns and carries 2 A. With μ₀ = 1.25663706127 × 10⁻⁶ N/A², what is the field inside, in mT, to 0.01, Ari?
A coil 0.5 m long has 1000 turns and carries 0.8 A. With μ₀ = 1.25663706127 × 10⁻⁶ N/A², what is the field inside, in mT, to 0.01, Esme?
Seen from its right end, a coil's current flows counterclockwise. Which end is its north pole, Jun?
- The middle
- The left end
- The right end
The current in that coil is reversed. What happens to its poles, Kira?
- They both become north
- They swap ends
- They stay the same
A bar magnet's south pole is held near a coil's north end. What happens, Luz?
- They repel
- Nothing, since one is a coil
- They attract
Noah says a long wire's field 4 cm away is one-quarter of its field 2 cm away. Agree or disagree?
- Agree: the field is gone by 4 cm
- Disagree: it is half
- Agree: double the distance, one-quarter
Pia says a wire makes a magnetic field even with no current in it. Agree or disagree?
- Agree: copper is magnetic
- Agree: wires are magnets
- Disagree: it needs a current
A wire's current doubles, and the meter moves twice as far away. What happens to the field it reads, Ren?
- It doubles
- It halves
- It stays the same
A coil is rebuilt with twice the turns on twice the length, at the same current. What happens to its field, Tala?
- It stays the same
- It doubles
- It is 4 times as strong
A coil's current triples. What happens to the field inside it, Zee?
- It stays the same
- It triples
- It is 9 times as strong