Date | November 2020 | Marks available | 1 | Reference code | 20N.1.SL.TZ0.20 |
Level | Standard level | Paper | Paper 1 | Time zone | 0 - no time zone |
Command term | Question number | 20 | Adapted from | N/A |
Question
A current in a wire lies between the poles of a magnet. What is the direction of the electromagnetic force on the wire?
Markscheme
A
Examiners report
Many chose option C, the opposite of the correct response. As always in electromagnetism questions, students need to consider carefully which hand and which fingers to use. We do tend to say that there is little that needs to be memorised in physics, this is probably one of them.