Home
Class 8
PHYSICS
A magnet attracts a piece of iron toward...

A magnet attracts a piece of iron towards it. Explain is attraction also a pull?

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

When a magnet attracts a piece of iron towards it, the piece of iron moves towards the magnet. When anything moves towards something, it is a pull.
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • FORCE AND PRESSURE

    PEARSON IIT JEE FOUNDATION|Exercise Track Your Learning-I |5 Videos

  • FORCE AND PRESSURE

    PEARSON IIT JEE FOUNDATION|Exercise Track Your Learning-II|12 Videos

  • ELECTROMAGNETISM

    PEARSON IIT JEE FOUNDATION|Exercise CONCEPT APPLICATION ( LEVEL 2)|20 Videos

  • FRICTION

    PEARSON IIT JEE FOUNDATION|Exercise Competition Corner |54 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

A permanent magnet attracts

An electromagnet does not attract a piece of iron. (T/F)

Explain how a piece of iron is attracted towards a magnet.

According to Newton's law of gravitation, every object attracts every other object. Thus, if the earth attract an apple towards itself, the apple also attracts the earth towards itself with the same force. Why then does the apple fall toward the earth, but the earth does not move towards the apple ?

When a charged comb is brought near a small piece of paper, it attracts the piece. Does the paper, it attracts the piece. Does the paper become charged when the conb is brought near it ?

A magnet pulls some substances towards it. This means

The property of attracting small pieces of iron by a substance is referred as

PEARSON IIT JEE FOUNDATION-FORCE AND PRESSURE-COMPETITION CORNER
  1. A magnet attracts a piece of iron towards it. Explain is attraction al...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. What do you mean by atmospheric pressure?

    Text Solution

    |

  3. Which of these is NOT a part of U-tube manometer?

    Text Solution

    |

  4. What is U-tube manometer used for?

    Text Solution

    |

  5. What is the standard unit of measurement of pressure?

    Text Solution

    |

  6. Which feature in camels allows them to walk easily on sand?

    Text Solution

    |

  7. What will be the net force if two forces of 20N and 10 N are acting on...

    Text Solution

    |

  8. What is the net force on a body during a balanced force?

    Text Solution

    |

  9. What will be the net force if two 10 N are acting on a body towards th...

    Text Solution

    |

  10. What do you call the combined force of two or more forces acting on a ...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. What are the two quantities of force?

    Text Solution

    |

  12. What happens to the speed of a moving car when force is applied in the...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. What is the magnitude of 100 N force?

    Text Solution

    |

  14. What is the unit of measurement of force?

    Text Solution

    |

  15. Which of these depicts a pair of balanced forces?

    Text Solution

    |

  16. Which of these components of an atom has a positive charge?

    Text Solution

    |

  17. Which sentence is true for frictional force?

    Text Solution

    |

  18. The standard unit of pressure among the following is

    Text Solution

    |

  19. A force which requires a physical contact between two bodies among the...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. Which of these sets of forces is balanced?

    Text Solution

    |

  21. The football in the picture was moved towards the east by a force of m...

    Text Solution

    |