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Magnetic Fields Notes Quiz

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 3hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If 2 magnets have their North and North poles facing each other, what will happen?

a)

they will attract

b)

they will repel

c)

they will drift

d)

they will explode

2.

What gives the earth it's magnetic field?

a)

Solar storms

b)

Gravity

c)

It's iron core

d)

electric charges

3.

When the earths magnetic poles move, up to 60 km per year, what is it called?

a)

tokyo drift

b)

polar express

c)

aurora borealis

d)

polar drift

4.

what does the strength of a magnetic force depend on?

a)

what the magnet is made of

b)

how close an object is to the magnet

c)

how big the magnet is

d)

all of the above

5.

if opposite ends of a magnet are facing each other, what will the magnets do?

a)

attract

b)

repel

c)

drift

d)

explode

6.

What type of force is magnetism?

a)

contact

b)

thermal

c)

non-contact

d)

gravitational

7.

What are ways to demagnetize a magnet?

a)

All of the below

b)

Apply pressure

c)

Apply heat

d)

Smash it with a hammer

8.

What do you call a magnet that can be turned off and on by applying an electric current?

a)

A temporary magnet

b)

A permanent magnet

c)

A fridge magnet

d)

An electromagnet

9.

What is the barrier around the earth that deflects or repels dangerous solar storm waves?

a)

solar wind

b)

magnetic field

c)

magnetosphere

d)

north pole

10.

Magnetic field lines can cross each other.

a)

true

b)

false

11.

What is solar wind?

a)

a sun tornado

b)

a stream of charged particles coming off the sun

c)

When the AC breaks in the summer

d)

hot santa ana winds

12.

When solar particles bump into gas in the atmosphere and cause the particles to emit light in the night sky it is called....

a)

an aurora

b)

solar wind

c)

geologic drift

d)

magnetization