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Fun with magnets grade 6

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A magnet can lose its properties when.....

a)

It is dropped from height

b)

Applying heat

c)

Hitting it with a hard object

d)

All of above

2.

All metals are attracted to magnets

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Where on a magnet is the force the strongest

a)

Repel

b)

Middle

c)

Poles

d)

None of above

4.
What will happen when these magnets are brought close together?
a)
They will attract each other.
b)
They will repel each other.
c)
Both magnets will turn to the left
d)
Both magnets will turn to the right
5.
Magnets can harm which of the following:
a)
books
b)
computers
c)
trumpets
d)
pencils
6.
Earth acts like a giant magnet because its center is made up MOSTLY of
a)
granite
b)
limestone
c)
iron
d)
nickel
7.

a natural magnet

a)

magnetite

b)

horse shoe

c)

circular

d)

U shaped

8.

What do magnets stick to

a)

Copper

b)

Iron

c)

Wood

d)

Plastic

9.

Magnetic poles

a)

Always exist in pairs

b)

Sometimes exist in pairs

c)

Always exist separately

d)

Some times exist separately

10.
You know this substance is magnetized because
a)
all the domains have right angles
b)
the arrows are drawn in red
c)
the domains are aligned
d)
the domains are random
11.
Which metals are attracted to magnets? 
a)
iron, nickel, cobalt
b)
gold, silver, platinum
c)
copper, magnesium, aluminum
12.

Where is Earth's magnetic field strongest?

a)

Along the outside lines

b)

Along the inside lines on either side

c)

Where the lines are close together at the poles

d)

In the space outside of the lines

13.

Once a paperclip touches a magnet and becomes a magnet itself, does a paperclip STAY that way? Or does it stop being a magnet?

a)

stay that way forever

b)

stop being a magnet

c)

stay that way for a short time

14.

If you put a magnet with two different poles together, they...

a)

repel (move away)

b)

attract (move closer)

15.

What is the use of magnet in the picture?

a)

lift heavy objects

b)

store information

c)

show direction

d)

hold objects