Magnets

A magnet attracts certain metals such as

• iron, nickel, cobalt

• iron, copper, nickel

• cobalt, iron, copper

• aluminum, iron, nickel

Long ago, travelers would carry a piece of Iodestone with them because it would point ________, therefore serving as a compass.

• South

• North

• East

• West

The two poles on a magnet are called

• East and West

• Opposite poles

• Magnetite Poles

• North and South

Magnetite is a type of _____________________________

• Temporary magnet

• Permanent magnet

You can take a magnet, stroke another piece of metal and it will become a temporary magnet

• True

• False

Dropping a magnet, hitting it hard, or heating it are all ways to

• make a magnet stronger

• destroy a magnet

• make the magnet last longer

• weaken a magnet

If you break a magnet in half, it will only have one pole

• True

• False

The force of a magnet is strongest near the

• Center of the magnet

• North pole

• South pole

• Both poles of the magnet

A magnetic field is

• The area inside of the magnet that attracts other objects

• The area around the magnet that attracts other objects

• The area around the magnet that repels other objects

• A field of magnets

The _________ in some materials can line up in a such a way to create a magnet.

• Electrons

• Protons

• Atoms

• Cells