Magnets and Magnetism

What happens when the North pole of a magnet interacts with another magnet's north pole?

• attract
• repel

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True or False:  The Earth is a giant magnet

• True
• False

Which of the following is true about a bar magnet?

• Its magnetic field is strongest near its center.
• It is surrounded by a magnetic field.
• The north pole is stronger than the south pole.
• The south pole is stronger than the north pole.

Earth acts like a giant magnet because its center is made up MOSTLY of

• granite
• limestone
• iron
• nickel

Magnetism is generated by moving

• protons.
• electrons.
• neutrons.
• elements.

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As the distance between two magnets increases (they get farther apart), the force between them:

• Increases
• Decreases
• Stays the Same

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If you cut a magnet in half, what happens to the poles?

• One half gets the North Pole, the other half gets the South Pole
• Both halves get only a North Pole
• Both halves get only a South Pole
• Both halves get a North pole and a South Pole

Magnetism is a force of ____________________________ that occurs between two _____________ objects.

• attraction or repulsion, magnetic

• external or internal, magnetic

• external or repulsion, electronic

• attraction or internal, electronic

The Earth produces its own ________ field.

• spectrum

• electric

• magnetic

• progressive

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A paper clip is an example of a:

• magnetic material
• permanent magnet
• bar magnet
• insulator

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