Fun with Magnets quiz

Who am I?

I am a stone founded by Magnes, a shepherd in Magnesia, Greece. He named me as ----------------. Who am I?

• a) Magnet

• b) Magnesia

• c) Magnes

• d) Magnetite

Materials attracted to a magnet are called

• Magnetic material

• Non-Magnetic material

• both of these

• None of the above

Magnets that cannot be attracted by a magnet is called

• Non-magnetic material

• Magnetic material

• None of these

• Both of these

Plastic can be attracted by a magnet.

• True

• False

Magnetic materials get attracted more to the centre of the magnet.

• True

• False

Iron can be made into a temporary magnet by rubbing it with a bar magnet.

• True

• False

Plastic cannot be made into a temporary magnet because it is a non-magnetic material.

• True

• False