Magnet Notes

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What element will a magnet attract?

• copper

• aluminum

• iron

• all metals

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How do we label the two poles of a magnet?

(Look at the picture of the magnet!)

• north and south

• east and west

• positive and negative

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Opposite magnetic poles _____.

• attract

• repel

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Like magnetic poles _____.

• attract

• repel

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What is the difference in magnetic and non-magnetic items?

• atoms in a magnetic object are randomly arranged

• atoms in a magnetic object are arranged in the same direction

• atoms in a non-magnetic object are arranged in the same direction

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What creates the Earth's magnetic field?

• The atmosphere

• The crust

• The mantle

• The core

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What metals will magnets attract?

• nickel and steel

• zinc and copper

• aluminum

• all metals

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The place on a magnet where the force it exerts is the strongest is called

• a magnetic pole

• a magnetic field line

• a domain

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The space in which the magnetic force exists is called

• the magnetic field

• the magnetic equator

• the magnetic material

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If you cut a magnet in half, what happens to the poles?

• One half gets the North Pole, the other half gets the South Pole

• Both halves get only a North Pole

• Both halves get only a South Pole

• Both halves get a North pole and a South Pole