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SCS Year 7 Magnetism

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which two materials are magnetic?

a)

Carbon

b)

Cobalt

c)

Copper

d)

Nickel

2.

Bar magnets have two poles. What are they?

a)

North and south

b)

Blue and red

c)

East and west

d)

Red and green

3.

What would you detect by using a compass, iron filings, and iron objects?

a)

Magnetic field

b)

Electricity

c)

Gravity

d)

Directions

4.

Where are the field lines most concentrated around a bar magnet?

a)

In the middle of the magnet

b)

At both poles

c)

The same all the way through

d)

At the North pole only

5.

If magnet A can hold 3 steel paperclips and magnet B can hold 5 steel paperclips, which one is stronger?

a)

Magnet A

b)

Magnet B

c)

They are equally strong

d)

Magnets wouldn't attract steel paperclips

6.

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

a)

attract, repel

b)

repel, attract

c)

oppose, connect

d)

connect, oppose

7.

What does repel mean?

a)

magnets move towards each other

b)

magnets do not have magnetism

c)

magnets move away from each other

8.

Which object would not attract a magnet?

a)

scissors

b)

nail

c)

balloon

d)

screw

9.

Does distance strengthen or weaken a magnet's ability to attract a piece of iron?

a)

strenghten

b)

weaken

c)

it has no effect

10.

Magnetism is a type of what?

a)

electricity

b)

force

c)

gravity

d)

matter