Magnet Passage Quiz

Which sentence best describes the main idea of this passage?

• Magnets come in a wide variety with many uses.
• Magnets are everywhere.
• Motors with electromagnets help run many household appliances.
• Tiny magnets on audiotape and videotape store sound and images.

Which of the following in an opinion?

• Huge horseshoe magnets have a U shape.
• Hopefully, America will have a train  like this very soon.
• Many electrical motors require electromagnets to run.
• TIny magnets on audiotape and videotape store sound and images.

People _______ use magnets in the home.

• rarely
• always
• often
• like to

According to the passage, you can tell that convenient means

• easy
• uncomfortable
• difficult
• solemn

The passage describes all of the following uses of magnets except

• a latch for a cabinet door
• a motor for a household appliance
• a device to predict powerful storms
• a machine that shows pictures within the body

The question below is an incomplete sentence. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.
Many electrical motors require electromagnets to run ____ the magnetic force that runs the motors is created when an electrical current flows through a coil of wire.

• despite
• against
• across
• since

Answer the following question based on the sentence below.
Magnets fasten and latch cabinet doors because they stick to certain metals.
In the sentence, the word magnets best answers which question?

• Who?
• What?
• Where?
• Why?