How Magnets Work

Like poles __________ each other while unlike poles ___________ each other.

• attract, repel

• repel, attract

• oppose, connect

• connect, oppose

In the picture of the magnets, what do you predict will happen . . . .

• Set A will attract and Set B will repel.

• Set A will repel and Set B will attract.

• They will both attract.

• They will both repel

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15. Unlike poles of magnets attract each other. The pull between the unlike poles is called . . . .

• the magnetic force of repulsion

• the poles

• magnetic field

• the magnetic force of attraction

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

• they cancel each other out

• they attract

• they repel

• the strength of the magnet is doubled

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Where is the force of attraction the strongest on a magnet . . . .

• at the poles

• in the middle

• above the magnet

• below the magnet

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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In which direction does a magnet always point when suspended freely . . . .

• South-West

• West-South

• East-West

• North-South

Bar magnets have two poles. What are they . . . .

• red and blue

• north and south

• east and west

• red and green

The poles of a magnet are the parts where the magnetic attraction is the strongest.

• True

• False

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The N-Pole of a magnet will ... the N-Pole of another magnet.

• Repel

• Attract

• Round

• Damage

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