Magnets Mystery Science

Which of the following is true of all magnets?

• They are man-made

• They are made of iron

• They have two poles and a magnetic field

• They are magnetic only when an electric charge goes through them

If you have two magnets and you try to put the two north poles together, what will most likely happen?

• The two poles will not touch each other because of magnetic repulsion

• The magnets will stick together because of magnetic attraction

• The two poles will touch but not stick

• The magnets will lost the magnetism

Which of the following objects has polarity?

• The Earth, which has magnetic north and south poles

• The city of Chicago, which has a North and South side

• A map of the country, which has a compass pointing north

• An unmagnetized block of metal, which has a top and a bottom

A magnetic field is

• Something used to demagnetize pieces of metal

• The area in which a magnet exerts magnetic force

• An open area where you are likely to find natural magnets

• An electric charge that can be sent through a wire to make it magnetic

True or False: Man-made magnet always retain their magnetism.

• True

• False

Magnetic attraction is a property that makes two magnets stick together. It occurs when

• A magnet is near a non magnetic object

• Two magnets south poles are near each other

• Opposite poles of the two magnets are near each other

• A natural magnet and a man-made magnet are near each other

Magnets are a mystery to scientists because scientists

• Don’t know how to tell the north pole from the south pole

• Can’t tell how much magnetic force a magnet has

• Don’t know why magnets have magnetic force

• Don’t know why the earth has magnetism