Fault the false field-line claims

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Question

   Three of these statements about magnetic lines of force are false.

   Choices

   1. Item

      They never cross one another

      Correct

      Yes

   2. Explanation

      they also run through air and a vacuum

      Item

      They pass through magnets only

   3. Explanation

      they crowd together at the poles

      Item

      They are widest apart at the poles

   4. Explanation

      outside a magnet they run North to South

      Item

      They begin and end at the North Pole

Instructions

Three of these claims about magnetic lines of force are false. Fault each one.