Magnetic Field

Magnets can interact without touching.

• True
• False

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What happens when two north poles of a magnet are placed together?

• they repel
• they attract
• they cancel each other out
• the strength of the magnet is doubled

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A north pole and a south pole will attract.

• True
• False

The area of magnetic force around a magnet is known as its _____________.

• magnetic field

• magnetic declination

• magnetic fan lines

• magnetic tan lines

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A ________ is a device that has a magnet on a needle that spins freely. It is used for navigation because its needle usually points north.

• calculator

• ruler

• compass

• map

Magnetic poles that are unlike ________and magnetic poles that are alike ___________.

• run; stay
• attract; repel
• stay; repel
• repel; attract

The SI unit of magnetic field is 

• weber
• guass
• tesla
• farad

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The strongest part of a magnet is...

• the bars.
• the force field.
• the poles. 
• the middle.

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Are the magnetic field lines in the picture correct?

• Yes, because they point from north to south.
• No, because they point from north to south (they're supposed to go the other way).
• Yes, because the North pole is on the left in all pictures.
• No, because the North pole is on the left in all pictures (it's supposed to be on the right).

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What does the following represent?
⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙
⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙
⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙

• A crowd with binoculars
• A bunch of coaxial cables 
• Uniform magnetic field directed into the screen away from you
• Uniform magnetic field directed out of your screen at you

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