Fun with Magnets

What are the names of the two magnetic poles?

• East Pole and West Pole

• Up Pole and Down Pole

• Left Pole and Right Pole

• North Pole and South Pole

How is the direction of a magnetic field determined?

• By the weight of the magnet

• By the temperature of the magnet

• By the color of the magnet

• By the direction in which a north pole of a compass needle points

What happens when like poles of two magnets are brought close to each other?

• Nothing

• Create a magnetic field

• Repel

• Attract

What happens when opposite poles of two magnets are brought close to each other?

• They attract each other

• They merge into one magnet

• They explode

• They repel each other

What are some common uses of magnets in everyday life?

• Cotton shirts, leather shoes, and wool socks

• Plastic bags, glass bottles, and wooden furniture

• Paper clips, rubber bands, and pencils

• Refrigerator doors, magnetic toys, speakers, and electric motors

A freely suspended magnet shows

• North-south

• East-west

• south-west

• North-west

Magnets lose their property on

• Heating

• Hammering

• Dropping

• All of the above

Magnetic materials

• Nickel

• Copper

• Magnesium

• None

The magnet attracts iron filings more at the

• center

• poles

• center and poles

• None

Non magnetic material

• Nickel

• Cobalt

• Gadalonium

• Wood