Magnetism Quiz

What does a magnet attract?

• Glass and rubber

• Water and air

• Wood and plastic

• Iron and materials that contain iron

What is the term for the attraction or repulsion between magnets?

• Electricity

• Magnetism

• Gravity

• Friction

Where is the magnetic force strongest on a magnet?

• In the middle

• At the poles

• On the surface

• At the corners

What happens when opposite poles of magnets are near each other?

• They disappear

• They do nothing

• They attract each other

• They repel each other

What is the area around a magnet where magnetic force is felt called?

• Electric field

• Magnetic field

• Gravitational field

• Sound field

What happens to the potential energy when opposite poles attract?

• It doubles

• It increases

• It decreases

• It stays the same

What is required to push like poles of magnets together?

• Water

• Air

• Energy

• Nothing

What is produced by one magnet?

• No magnetic field

• A single magnetic field

• Electricity

• Multiple magnetic fields

What do the magnetic fields of two nearby magnets do?

• They ignore each other

• They interact with each other

• They cancel each other out

• They become one

What happens when two like poles are close together?

• They attract each other

• They repel each other

• They disappear

• They merge