Magnetic Fields Quiz

What is a magnetic field?

• The area around an object where electric forces can be detected

• The area around an object where gravitational forces are strongest

• The area around a magnet where magnetic forces can be detected

• The area around an object where light is refracted

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Which of the following materials is most likely to be attracted to a magnet?

• Copper

• Plastic

• Wood

• Iron

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What is the role of Earth's magnetic field?

• It provides energy for all living organisms

• It protects the Earth from solar radiation and cosmic particles

• It controls the rotation of the Earth

• It is used for navigation only

What happens when two magnets with like poles (north-north or south-south) are brought close together?

• They attract each other

• They repel each other

• They combine to form a stronger magnet

• They have no effect on each other

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Electromagnets are made by running an electric current through a coil of wire.

• True

• False

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A compass points toward the magnetic north pole because the needle is a small magnet that aligns with Earth's magnetic field.

• True

• False

What is the definition of Magnetic Field Lines?

• A line that connects opposite magnetic poles and represents the strength and direction of the magnetic field

• A push and pull on objects

• The space around a magnet in which magnetic forces act on objects

• A type of magnet

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What is the definition of Convert?

• The ability to make things move or change

• A push or a pull that can change the motion of an object

• One of the two opposite ends of a magnet

• To change from one type to another

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Where is the potential energy for magnets stored?

• In the magnetic poles

• Within the magnet itself

• In the magnetic field

• It does not get stored

Draw a magnet system of Attracting magnets. Be sure to include labels for the poles and the magnetic field lines. 

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