Properties of Bar Magnets

1. What will happen when these magnets are brought close together?

• They will attract each other.

• They will repel each other.

• Both magnets will turn to the left

• Both magnets will turn to the right

2. Which direction does a compass always point?

• North

• South

• East

• West

3. The diagram shows what happens when bars X and Y are brought near to each other. Which one of the following statements is correct?

• X is a magnet but Y is a magnetic material.

• Both X and Y are magnets.

• X is made of aluminium but Y is made of iron.

• Both X and Y are made of non-magnetic materials

4. Magnetism is a type of ____________

• Force

• Book

• Plant

• Animal

5. When two magnets attract, they ______________

• push apart

• change color

• get colder

• pull together

6. When two magnets repel, they ________________

• change color

• pull together

• push apart

• get colder

7. Magnets can pull on things without touching them.

• True

• False

8. When iron touches a magnet, it becomes a magnet too.

• True

• False

9. Once a paperclip touches a magnet and becomes a magnet itself, does a paperclip STAY that way? Or does it stop being a magnet?

• stay that way forever

• stop being a magnet

• stay that way for a short time

10. True or False: All metals stick to magnets.

• True

• False