Answer: weakly attracted.
- A weakly attracted
- B strongly repelled
- C weakly repelled
- D totally unaffected
Correct answer: A. weakly attracted
Explanation: Paramagnetic substances are weakly attracted toward a magnetic field.
Magnetic field of a bar magnet: field lines emerge from the north pole and re-enter at the south pole outside the magnet, forming continuous closed loops. Image: Geek3, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Concept context
Bar magnets, Earth's magnetism, and how different materials respond to an external magnetic field - diamagnetic, paramagnetic, and ferromagnetic behaviour.