Magnet Interactions

A _________________________ is the invisible force that surrounds a magnet.

• bar magnet

• a gravitational force

• a magnetic field

• gravity

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What do the lines around this magnet represent?

• North Pole

• South Pole

• Magnetic Declination

• Magnetic Field

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Any material that attracts iron and materials that contain iron

• maglite

• Magnet

• magnetism

• electricity

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Magnetism is a force of ____________________________ that occurs between two _____________ objects.

• attraction or repulsion, magnetic

• external or internal, magnetic

• external or repulsion, electronic

• attraction or internal, electronic

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The Earth produces its own ________ field.

• spectrum

• electric

• magnetic

• progressive

Where is the strongest attraction force of the magnet?

• at the poles

• in the middle

• above the magnet

• below the magnet

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True or False:  The Earth is a giant magnet

• True

• False

Why does a compass needle point north?

• The compass is a bar magnet

• Because north is up

• Because it's magic

• It lines up with the Earth's magnetic field

Which metals are attracted to magnets? 

• iron, nickel, cobalt

• gold, silver, platinum

• copper, magnesium, aluminum

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What will happen when these magnets are brought close together?

• They will attract each other.

• They will repel each other.

• Both magnets will turn to the left

• Both magnets will turn to the right

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