magnets tdqs

1.       What is the purpose of the inset on page 5 of the text?

a. To inform the reader that all metals are attracted to magnets

b. To explain to the reader why most metals are repelled by magnets

c. To describe how to attract metals with magnets

d. To give the reader examples of metals that will not be attracted by magnets

• a

• b

• c

• d

  In the section of text under the heading “What are Magnetic Poles”, how does the author develop the central idea that the poles of a magnet can attract or repel each other?

a.       By giving examples of magnets with north poles and magnets with south poles

b.       By describing how north and south poles will attract each other, while north and north or south and south will repel each other

c.        By showing the magnetic field of a magnet in a photograph

d.       By explaining why scientists labeled the poles north and south.

• a

• b

• c

• d

Select two sentences that support the author’s claim that magnets can be useful in many ways.

a.       Many refrigerator doors are made of steel.

b.       Recycling centers use magnets to sort trash!

c.        These pictures from an MRI machine show the inside of a person’s brain.

d.       Pushing, pulling, holding, turning-there are magnets everywhere you look.

e.       The magnets keep the shower curtains inside the tub so you do not end up with water spraying the floor.

• a

• b

• c

• d

• e

Read this sentence from page 4.

“When an object is magnetic, it attracts some metals by pulling them toward the magnet.”

What does the word attracts mean as it is used in the sentence?

a.       Useful

b.       Push away

c.        Magnetic

d.       Pull towards

• a

• b

• c

• d

   Read this paragraph from page _

All magnets have the ability to pull things toward themselves but you cannot see this force. This invisible force is called magnetism. When an object is magnetic, it attracts some metals by pulling them towards the magnet.

What is the structure of this section of text?

a.       The author gives the reader a cause of magnets attracting some metals.

b.       The author gives the reader a chronological order of magnets attracting some metals.

c.        The author gives the reader a comparison of metals that are attracted to magnets and metals that are not attracted to magnets.

• a

• b

• c