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AQA GCSE Physics Magnetic Fields, Electromagnets and Motor Effect Worksheet
Practise magnetic fields, electromagnets and Higher-tier motor effect calculations. AQA GCSE PDF worksheet with worked answers and exam-style diagrams.
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The worksheet contains 8 pages of printable questions. A separate 8-page solutions PDF makes it easy to mark, review or share answers after the activity.
- Magnetic Fields, Electromagnets and Motor Effect
- Both-tier magnetic-field core. Q5(a)–6(c), motor-force direction and F=BIl calculations, are Higher only.
- A recycling-line test station links magnetic material selection, repulsion evidence, bar-magnet field lines and compasses, wire and solenoid fields, and controlled electromagnet force comparisons. Pupils calculate means and ranges, test a trainee's claim and plan a fair turns investigation. Higher-only work builds from motor-force substitution and unit conversion to active wire length, safe current decisions and motor rotation. Six original pupil/solution PNGs support drawing and direction practice.
About this activity
A recycling-line test station links magnetic material selection, repulsion evidence, bar-magnet field lines and compasses, wire and solenoid fields, and controlled electromagnet force comparisons. Pupils calculate means and ranges, test a trainee's claim and plan a fair turns investigation. Higher-only work builds from motor-force substitution and unit conversion to active wire length, safe current decisions and motor rotation. Six original pupil/solution PNGs support drawing and direction practice.
Before you start
Both-tier magnetic-field core. Q5(a)–6(c), motor-force direction and F=BIl calculations, are Higher only.
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The sorting coil must hold with a mean force of at least 1.50 N. At 0.40 A the mean force is 0.80 N; at 0.60 A it is 1.80 N. Select the smallest tested current that meets the requirement and justify it.
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Choose 0.60 A: its 1.80 N mean exceeds 1.50 N, whereas the next lower tested current, 0.40 A, produces only 0.80 N. This selects among measured settings; it does not establish the exact threshold between them.
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AQA GCSE Physics Worksheets
8463 and 8464 · 4.7.1.1, 4.7.1.2, 4.7.2.1, 4.7.2.2, 4.7.2.3, 6.7.1.1, 6.7.1.2, 6.7.2.1, 6.7.2.2, 6.7.2.3
- 8463: 4.7.1.1, 4.7.1.2, 4.7.2.1, 4.7.2.2, 4.7.2.3
- 8464: 6.7.1.1, 6.7.1.2, 6.7.2.1, 6.7.2.2, 6.7.2.3
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