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Genius Challenge: MAGNETS AND STATIC ELECTRICITY

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What forms the lines around the magnet?

a)

vibrations

b)

gravity

c)

special paper

d)

magnetic field

2.

Which of these options is NOT true about magnets?

a)

applies force without touching

b)

surrounded by magnetic field

c)

has two poles

d)

all materials are attracted to them

3.

Which of these materials stick to a magnet?

a)

food

b)

plastic

c)

some metals

d)

clothes

4.

This can did not stick to a magnet. What is it made of?

a)

iron

b)

nickel

c)

aluminum

d)

cobalt

5.

Izzy can't push these magnets together. What forces are happening between the magnets?

a)

attraction

b)

repulsion

c)

static electricity

d)

gravity

6.

What type of magnet is so strong it can be dangerous?

a)

ferrofluid

b)

iron magnet

c)

electromagnet

d)

neodymium

7.

Which of these items is NOT needed to build an electromagnet?

a)

magnet

b)

wire

c)

nail

d)

battery

8.

Which of these options uses electromagnets

a)

speakers

b)

junkyard cranes

c)

all the options

d)

doorbell

9.

The electrical charges between the balloon and the plastic are doing what?

a)

nothing

b)

attracting

c)

growing

d)

repelling

10.

While touching the Van de Graaff generator, each of Zoe's hairs has which charge?

a)

same charge

b)

opposite charges

c)

both charges

d)

no charge

11.

Zoe's hair flies apart because each hair has the _____ charge.

a)

same

b)

opposite

12.

Balloons stick to Izzy because Izzy and the balloons have___ charges.

a)

same

b)

opposite