Magnets

No matter what shape they are, magnets can always pull things towards themselves.

• True

• False

Choose the correct answers.

Magnets can pull things that are made of .....

• plastic

• paper

• iron

• nickel

Magnets have __________________ magnetic fields which attract and stick to steel objects.

• visible

• invisible

Most machines and devices in our homes make use of magnets. True or False?

• True

• False

Choose the correct answers.

Some machines and devices that have magnets inside them include:

• fridge

• mobile phone

• sink

• fan

Every magnet has two sides that are called..

• North Pole and North Pole

• North Pole and South Pole

• South Pole and South Pole

If you hold unlike poles together (a North pointing to a South) the magnets do not stick together.

• True

• False

The word ATTRACT means to push something away. True or False?

• True

• False

A magnetic field refers to the space around a magnet that can attract magnetic objects. True or False?

• True

• False

A compass has a magnetic needle that always points _______________________.

• North

• South

• East

• West