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What Is Magnetism?

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_______ is an object that attracts objects that contain iron.

a)

A magnet

b)

A energy

c)

A force

d)

A battery

2.

__________ is the noncontact force that pulls on objects that contain iron.

a)

Electricity

b)

Magnetism

c)

Gravity

d)

Energy

3.

A magnet cannot attract a soda can because__________

a)

it contains iron.

b)

it contains plastic.

c)

it doesn't contain iron.

d)

it doesn't contain plastic.

4.

_________ is the part of the magnet that has the strongest push or pull.

a)

A magnet pole

b)

A magnetic filed

c)

A magnet's center

5.

Like poles in magnets ________ each other.

a)

attract

b)

repel

c)

break

6.

Opposite poles in magnets attract each other.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Why can't the magnet in the picture attract the paper clips?

a)

The paper clips are far from it.

b)

They are made from iron.

c)

The magnet is broken.

d)

They face the wrong pole.

8.

_______ is the space around the magnet in which the force of a magnet can act.

a)

A magnetic field

b)

Energy

c)

A magnetic force

d)

An electric current

9.

The magnetic field is strongest ___________ .

a)

at the poles of the magnet

b)

at the center of the magnet

c)

away from the magnet

10.

Which objects are attracted to a magnet?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
11.

Magnets attract steel because it contains iron.

a)

b)

12.

Magnets can attract objects that contain iron through_______

a)

air

b)

Water

c)

Some solids

d)

all of them

13.

The needle of the compass is a magnet that points to the South Pole of Earth.

a)

True

b)

False